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Sunday, 10 September 2006 |
GP2: RACE 1– MONZA, ITALY
Great Britain’s Adam Carroll escaped injury after a wheel came off at
over 210 kilometres per hour at the high speed circuit of Monza. But to
make matters worse, the Racing Engineering driver was effectively
leading the race after pitting, with all the rest of the cars in front
still needing to make their stop.
After a good pit-stop on lap 10 Carroll returned to the circuit and
went quickest through the first two sectors but as he came out of the
chicane to head down the long straight, the wheel came off and bounced
down the circuit being followed by the out of control car which
eventually came to a stop about 150 metres later between the barrier
and the race track.
“As soon as I came out of the pit-stop I knew I had a good position but
I could feel something not quite right but I didn’t know what the
problem was – it could just have been a soft tyre but I’ll definitely
remember what it feels to drive with 3 wheels at that speed if it
happens again. I’m just so relieved I didn’t hit the wall. I was on the
brakes the whole time I was spinning all over the track. I was so
thankful when I came to a stop – it could have been pretty serious.
The race went onto a thrilling finish and the race for the championship
between Lewis Hamilton and Nelson Piquet Jr goes down to the final race
of the season tomorrow.
RESULT
| Pos. |
Driver |
Team |
| 1 |
G Pantano |
FMS |
| 2 |
N Piquet Jr |
Piquet Sports |
| 3 |
L Hamilton |
ART |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 29 December 2006 )
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