Malaysia GP: Alonso Out, Button, Webber and Rosberg Screwed, Vettel Bad

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Published: March 24, 2013

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If the 2013 Grand Prix at Sepang, Malaysia, were to be represented as a house made of bricks, it would have been disassembled during the 56 laps around the fast course.

The first brick to be removed was Fernando Alonso, who was overly optimistic on the first lap. He broke off the left-side support on his Ferrari's front wing, and shortly thereafter it dropped off, slid under the front of his car and lifted the front wheels off the tarmac. There went the steering, so Alonso was a helpless passenger as the red car of the scuderia clattered across the gravel run-off area to end his race before it really got going.

Jenson Button, the nicest person in Formula One, suffered a tire-change glitch that left his McLaren's right front wheel wobbling loosely as he pulled out of his box to head down the pit lane. Half a dozen of his pit people ran frantically down to the car where Jenson had stopped it and pushed him back to his box to have the error corrected.

The mishap left Button a lap behind, where he languished for the balance of the race. That would represent the removal of another brick in the imaginary walls of this race.

There was a rare pit-lane collision when an illegal release of one car from its pit box caused it to make a very destructive impact with a car that was attempting to pull into the next box ahead. Another brick knocked out of the walls of enjoyment that a Formula One race should present.

As the event at Sepang bore down on the final flag, Red Bull's Mark Webber was on the threshold of a well-earned victory. His teammate, three-time running world champion Sebastien Vettel, was doggedly on the Australian's tail. The Red Bull pit addressed Vettel, instructing him to “hold position,” F1 language for do not attempt a pass.



 

In spite of his boss' direction, Vettel executed a risky pass to earn himself the first-place position. The walls of ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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