fantastic! where did you find that? 
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Lotus F1 Team driver Romain Grosjean has been handed a one-race ban following his severe collision at the start of the Belgian GP. The driver has been involved in seven first-lap crashes already this season, surely a metric to have been influential in the decision making of the stewards.
fantastic! where did you find that? 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/19465187The wet weather on Friday meant that the teams did not have as much time as usual to get the clutches bedded in properly and make them work correctly, which was always likely to cause some kind of problem at the start.
The way the clutch works is that you hold it just on the bite point while keeping the brakes on. Then you feed it in. But once one of the carbon clutches used in an F1 car heats up, the co-efficient of friction - in other words, its grip level - goes up astronomically.
The clutch on Maldonado's car bit on him just before it should have done and he had to go with it. He could not react quickly enough and he was a passenger. He got a five-place grid penalty at the next race for that. But it was influenced by the events earlier in the weekend, so I would excuse him on that count. It happens sometimes.
Haha what a gem, much like your avatarRay wrote:Also, this is hilarious
.I think he just picked it up as it was in the pitlane exit and it was prob obvious cars would be pittingJackles-UK wrote:Owen.C93 wrote:It was in the middle of the pitlane so he picked it up so the marshalls didn't have to. (They may have missed it).gilgen wrote:Does anyone know why Hamilton took the time to recover a part of the front wing, and carry it all the way back to the pits? Maybe this is the part that is flexing?
http://www.formula1.com/wi/sutton/2012/d12bel2506.jpg
Marshalls hadn't even brought out the brooms by that point. He went straight down the pitlane if you remember.gilgen wrote:I would be surprised to hear that the marshals overlooked such a piece. Now, the actual end plate looks like a McLaren part, so I doubt that he was just being a good boy scout.Owen.C93 wrote:It was in the middle of the pitlane so he picked it up so the marshalls didn't have to. (They may have missed it).gilgen wrote:Does anyone know why Hamilton took the time to recover a part of the front wing, and carry it all the way back to the pits? Maybe this is the part that is flexing?
http://www.formula1.com/wi/sutton/2012/d12bel2506.jpg
Oh Richard. This is a McLaren thread and here you are trying to turn it into a Maldonado subject. Have to report this 'off topic' comment!richard_leeds wrote:I think I've seen him do something like that before, maybe its something to distract him from the emotion of crashing.
Anyone have thoughts on Maldonado's clutch, or is picking up litter more interesting?
Agreed. He should moderate himself!gilgen wrote:Oh Richard. This is a McLaren thread and here you are trying to turn it into a Maldonado subject. Have to report this 'off topic' comment!richard_leeds wrote:I think I've seen him do something like that before, maybe its something to distract him from the emotion of crashing.
Anyone have thoughts on Maldonado's clutch, or is picking up litter more interesting?
gilgen wrote:Oh Richard. This is a McLaren thread and here you are trying to turn it into a Maldonado subject. Have to report this 'off topic' comment!richard_leeds wrote:I think I've seen him do something like that before, maybe its something to distract him from the emotion of crashing.
Anyone have thoughts on Maldonado's clutch, or is picking up litter more interesting?
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I just had to rate that post as valuable, couldn't resist itgilgen wrote:Oh Richard. This is a McLaren thread and here you are trying to turn it into a Maldonado subject. Have to report this 'off topic' comment!
Ray wrote:Also, this is hilarious
http://roundplastic.com/alonso.gif
Spent a few good minutes ROFLMAO watching this. The captions make it utterly hilarious. Brilliant. The part where he sees his life flashing is killing me
