Flawed Driving in Second Chinese Grand Prix, Maldonado Wins

by Klon  30/03/2018 | 5:50 0 Posted in 2010 - Present, FIA, Formula 1 

Qualifying:

Report:

Einar Ármannsson threw a podium finish away with this mistake, but he should still consider himself lucky.

One of the most common criticisms of contemporary F1 is that the cars have too many driver aids and are therefore even capable of being driven by 15-year old children. Well, if that is true, then this driver field must have been 12 years old at best.

If you had to sum up this race in three words, those would be “unforced driver errors”. Nobody embodied this better than Precision driver Torrente, who added another “learning experience” to his career by throwing away a race that, after half the distance, seemed won.

This allowed Pastor Maldonado to cruise to his fifth win in six races, followed home to second by Jules Bianchi, who overcame a terrible qualifying effort by staying on the black stuff, Sebastian Vettel and the two Ferrari drivers, who made their case for 2020 by staying cool.

Other drivers profiting from the errors at the front were Pierre Gasly and Kevin Magnussen, who helped FAST’s hunt for 6th place in the WCC, especially given as Haas where not competitive and Felix Rosenqvist, who scored his first career point in Formula One.

Race:

Fastest Lap:

Diego Álvarez Torrente – 1:33.894

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Ferrari – their drivers drove extremely wise, a well-earned fourteen points.

Reject Of The Race:

Diego Álvarez Torrente – he had the race under control, but threw it away in a shameful rookie error.

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