First Blood for Caterham in Brazil Despite Chaos

by Klon  23/10/2016 | 5:33 0 Posted in 2010 - Present, FIA, Formula 1 

Qualifying:

* demoted five places for changing engine/gearbox

Report:

Daniel Ricciardo nearly decided the championship with a stupid move at the start.

A world championship decider is always high stakes, and with the current era of Formula One racing, it is causing even more anxiety. You have two chances at blowing the biggest shot at the dream you have always worked for. You also have more chances for others to screw things up for you with no blame to be laid on your shoulders, tragic as that would be.

Sebastian Vettel had to learn that the hard way, as his Saturday race started out awfully. Daniel Ricciardo, in his desperate bid to beat Haas in the team’s championship, risked too much at the start, colliding with Stoffel Vandoorne, who was sent into Vettel, pushing the German off the track. Thankfully, the asphalt runoff enabled the German to rejoin the race quickly.

Despite losing a handful of places, Vettel kept his focus and used all of his skill to work his way up the order. In the end, he proved superior to Jules Bianchi, who had terrible performance after the first stop, and has given himself a good shot at the world title, Lewis Hamilton aiding his teammate by holding back despite having a very impressive pace himself.

Calinetic have made up ground in their fight against Haas, despite Daniel Ricciardo’s error, with Verstappen scoring two points. Those were two more points than Haas were able to achieve, Vandoorne losing a lot of places in that starting incident and Cecotto being uncompetitive. Ferrari and Sauber set themselves up for a crucial battle in the final F1 race as well.

Race:

Fastest Lap:

Lewis Hamilton – 1:01.003

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Sebastian Vettel – won despite being pushed off the track at turn one.

Reject Of The Race:

Daniel Ricciardo – if you drive so sloppily you interfere in the title battle, you drive badly.

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