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Elio De Angelis (26/03/1958 – 15/05/1986)… he holds the record of Lotus fidelity with 90 Gp starts and one of the sweetest smiles of the history of Formula 1…RIP Elio…
Before Adrian Sutil (who also plays the piano) there was Elio!
Tag: Lotus
1 S. Vettel Red Bull Racing 3
2 K. Räikkönen Lotus + 3,3 3
3 R. Grosjean Lotus + 10,1 3
4 M. Webber Red Bull Racing + 38,7 3
5 N. Rosberg Mercedes AMG + 55,4 3
6 P. di Resta Force India + 57,5 2
7 F. Alonso Ferrari + 57,8 3
8 L. Hamilton McLaren + 58,9 3
9 F. Massa Ferrari + 64,9 3
10 M. Schumacher Mercedes AMG + 71,4 3
11 S. Perez Sauber + 72,7 3
12 N. Hülkenberg Force India + 76,5 3
13 K. Kobayashi Sauber + 90,3 3
14 J. Vergne Scud. Toro Rosso + 93,7 3
15 D. Ricciardo Scud. Toro Rosso + 1L 3
16 V. Petrov Caterham + 1L 3
17 H. Kovalainen Caterham + 1L 4
19 T. Glock Marussia + 2L 3
20 P. de la Rosa Hispania Racing + 2L 3
21 N. Karthikeyan Hispania Racing + 2L 4
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?? C. Pic Marussia Defekt
26 B. Senna Williams Defekt
27 P. Maldonado Williams Defekt
56 J. Button McLaren Defekt
Nico Rosberg took his first pole position and his first grand prix victory in Shanghai. But Kamui Kobayashi was the fastest man on the track:
Lotus-Renault were forced to abandon ship this morning, when a fire ripped through their paddock hospitality unit. It was started at 0330 by a malfunctioning fridge and it wasn’t brought under control before it had destroyed everything in its path: clothing, catering equipment and even one of Kimi Raikkonen’s helmets. No-one was injured in the blaze, but what really hurt was the knowledge that the team had asked someone from the circuit to check the fridge earlier in the day because it had repeatedly tripped their fuse box…
Kimi Raikkonen says his Lotus car had the potential to be high up the grid despite being knocked out of qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix in the opening segment, due to a mistake of his own admission.
The Lotus driver will start the race from 18th position after a driving error and a communication issue with his team meant he did not complete his final flying lap. Team-mate Romain Grosjean meanwhile, proved the E20’s speed by qualifying third, within 0.4s of the pace-setting McLarens.
“Today didn’t go quite as planned,” said the Finn. “There’s no issue with the car; I made a mistake and there was a communication issue so the timing wasn’t right to get another lap.
“It cost us a good qualifying position but that’s how it goes sometimes.
“We should have easily been in Q2. It’s not the best start but we’ll try to put it right in the race. There’s plenty of speed in the car.
“The steering was fine. It’s not perfect for exactly what I want but it doesn’t affect my driving. For sure we can do better than 18th tomorrow so we’ll have to see what happens.”
Qualifying parc ferme (L to R): Romain Grosjean (FRA) Lotus F1, Lewis Hamilton (GBR) McLaren, and Jenson Button (GBR) McLaren. Formula One World Championship, Rd1, Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, 17 March 2012.
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