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It is part of it. But it depends on many other factors too. Some drivers just come into F1 too fast for instance.
Also, the likes of Kubica and Hamilton terrified their highly respected teammates immediately on entering the sport. Regardless of testing, that is still pretty special. Piquet Jr was probably only given a second chance to prevent a bit of bribery. Failed in the end though! But Petrov was nowhere near as bad as Piquet. |
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In the race the best finish in Turkey that year by one of the regular BMW drivers was 12th and lapped I think at the next (Italian) GP Vettel was fastest overall, topping the time sheets in both of the Friday Practice sessions. In fact at every GP to the end of the season, neither Heidfeld or Kubica ever came closer than half a second to Vettel's FP times. (I know Friday practice is not necessarily that meaningfull, due to race drivers saving engines or potentially working on a different programme, but it is still an impressive performance for someone 18 or just 19 years old at the time . Of course they (RK and NH) were both probably quite relieved when BMW released Seb from testing with BMW to take up the race seat at STR. From the humorous side of it in fact he was a bit too quick on that first morning of F1 practice action in Turkey..... he broke the pitlane speed limit on his way out of the pits for the first time, and got the customary fine for it. Officially IIRC he was 9 seconds into his career! It cost him 1000 Euros anyway. Last edited by E.B; 31 Mar 2011 at 02:03. |
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He also did well in Turkey by holding off Alonso. Alonso took a plunge with about 3 laps to go and picked up a flat, or the other way around. I cant remember, but it was a great example early in the season that he was resiliant under pressure!
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That was Malaysia, wasn't it?
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3 Apr 2011, 01:50 (Ref:2857606) | #57 | |
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Malaysia he was having a go at Hamilton and Hamiltn ended up weaving all over the start finish straight
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Credit to Heidfeld. Almost brought a tear to my eye. But then I am drunk.
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He really is a class act....Watching FP1 from china, He is the first person I have seen bin it into the barrier then pick up all the pieces and tidy them into a neat pile
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With an exception with Kobayashi I'd say
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And Di Resta. Hes scored points in both of the races so far this season in his rookie year, in a car which is mid field, ok getting points in Australia was down to luck but then how many times do other drivers get a healthy slice of luck at each race? Malaysia though was down to pure pace, which he clearly has plenty of.
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Super lap from Petrov in Q2 but Heidfeld will bounce back in the race. Despite a crash he did end FP1 as the fifth fastest overall. :-)
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..and could have parked his car anywhere but in the middle of the road
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Got to say i thought that as well, bit inconsiderate of him, didn't help Nick much either did it.
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Seeing as the car stopped so suddenly and was stuck in gear I think both of you are being harsh.
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He had a chance to take the escape road and park it. It was quite clear his car wasn't going anywhere quickly anytime soon.
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He's a racer. He was probably hoping that the glitch would right itself, or at least that he could nurse it back to the pits and take part in Q3.
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Nick seems to be a bit disappointed with Petrovs on track behaviour during the Turkish GP. That's how German MSA puts it anyway
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