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[Seanspeed]

Add this to the list:

http://www.autosport...e.php/id/101785

[TFLB]

Oh dear...

[encircled]

Here is a video of Maldonado's demo run



Incident starts at around 6:30 mark

Edited by encircled, 12 August 2012 - 20:26.

[Clatter]

Here is a video of Maldonado's demo run

How come the teams can do demo runs during the shutdown? The crew should be away on holiday with their families.

[Music Lover]

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And when he pushed Kimi wide a few races away...

[TFLB]

And when he pushed Kimi wide a few races away...

All drivers do that.

[Satchel]

I couldn't help but laugh when I saw the news of his "homecoming" misahp. Karma?

[Bloggsworth]

I couldn't help but laugh when I saw the news of his "homecoming" misahp. Karma?

He was driving properly, the kerb came up and hit him...

[Kvothe]

Oh Pastor

[Music Lover]

All drivers do that.

Disagree
Normal is to close the door when the faster driver is still BEHIND, not moving sideways when the other driver is beside - pushing him off the circuity.
Kimi turned right avoiding the incident.

[ali_M]

Add this to the list:

http://www.autosport...e.php/id/101785

Poetic justice if I've ever seen it. Life shouts at you sometimes. Now it's for you to listen Pastor!!

[Kingshark]

Good old' Pastor. You've got to feel for him, he hasn't had anything to crash into for weeks.

[Juan Kerr]

Actually I thought he did a very good demonstration of the Williams in his hands, blast down the road and crash! LMFAO!!!

[TheWilliamzer]

Better now than in Spa! Go Pastor!

Poor guy he probably feels ****ed up now...

[GustavoB]

hhahahhahaha LOL

[Balths]

Haha I remember posting earlier in this thread saying I wish Maldonado misfortune due to the way his drives on the track.

His non-chalant attitude to racing is biting him in the arse karma-wise anyway

So sweet to witness.

[quidam]

Better view of the crash :

[Igorr]

i dont know how he can make so many stupid errors, while managed to keep the pressure from Alonso in Spain in such a long race. Weird!

[Konsta]

Good old' Pastor. You've got to feel for him, he hasn't had anything to crash into for weeks.

It is not nice to laugh at the misfortune of others but that was just poetic justice. When you have no-one to crash to, you gotta do it yourself

[Cool Beans]

Very daring move, not Maldonado's fault I call it a racing incident. Plus the kerb should have anticipated Maldonado would try to rejoin the track from there so kind of the kerb's fault.

[Jejking]

And another view of the crash..

[Konsta]

And another view of the crash..

Judging by that video, Beancounter is right. The kerb should have yielded - the corner was already Pastor´s to take.

[kosmos]

Some of the commnets of the people recording this videos are funny, too bad for all the spectators that the show ended in such a way.

[NotSoSilentBob]

Here is a video of Maldonado's demo run



Incident starts at around 6:30 mark

I cant watch that video - with it's giant national flags, immaculate wide concrete boulevards, and wildly devoted crowds blindly cheering away as if witnessing the Second Coming - without thinking 'North Korea'.

[Peat]

The guy is a clown.

[teejay]

Very daring move, not Maldonado's fault I call it a racing incident. Plus the kerb should have anticipated Maldonado would try to rejoin the track from there so kind of the kerb's fault.

Poor pastor.

[teejay]

Better angle - jeez he did a number on that car.

[Rurouni]

Compared to other demo run where drivers really didn't drive to the best of their ability thus nowhere like they would drive in a real race, at least Mal gave the audience how he drive in a real race and not some of those sanitized stuff.
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[pit5bul]

hahaha... how embarrassing... Maldonado is a cheap version of Montoya... God knows i loved him as a driver... JPM was sometimes as stupid as they get in taking risks..but most of the times.. he got away with it... THAT CANT BE SAID ABOUT MALDONADO !!! lol

[Anderis]

Some people behave like no other driver ever crashed a car during demo runs.

Watch this for example:

[rwamnep]

How come the teams can do demo runs during the shutdown? The crew should be away on holiday with their families.

I know Red Bull, McLaren and the old Renualt team have/had promo teams. A small crew who look after these kind of runs. Maybe Williams do now and they're not included in the shutdown?

[Rurouni]

Some people behave like no other driver ever crashed a car during demo runs.

Watch this for example:

The difference is that that one was a mistake, Mal one was business as usual

[Vickyy]

Some people behave like no other driver ever crashed a car during demo runs.

Watch this for example:

yeah, actually i felt bad for him. But i think he is a laughing stock because of history sheet, just like he got penalty for Di Resta incident in Hungary (which other drivers would have certainly escaped).
If it would have happened, say with Kamui or Alonso, it would have garnered different reactions.

[F1ultimate]

Olympics are over and now it's "Bash a Maldonado day". My despise for him has turned into sympathy. I feel sorry for him fulfilling his stereo type on home turf in a setting where there is no one else to blame. Sure his senses must be telling him that his driving needs addressing or else he'll go from a national hero to a national zero.

[Konsta]

Olympics are over and now it's "Bash a Maldonado day". My despise for him has turned into sympathy. I feel sorry for him fulfilling his stereo type on home turf in a setting where there is no one else to blame. Sure his senses must be telling him that his driving needs addressing or else he'll go from a national hero to a national zero.

That is prolly partially why Pastor is "bashed". He takes zero blame for anything thus provoking reactions.

[Jelinski619]

I think we can all agree that was Hamilton's fault.

[Baddoer]

Maybe he just forgot how badly FW33 holds on the road

[Francesc]

Not Pastor's fault, clearly something broke on the car.

[Music Lover]

And another view of the crash..

He often misjudge traction in the turns it seems. What a mistake! I feel sorry for him, he obviously doesn't have a feeling for the boundaries in grip. This combined with limited understanding for risk management is likely the result of all incidents.

[Peat]

To my eye, it looks as though he realised too late that the thing wasn't slowing enough (very dirty surface as you can see from the plumes of dust) and he tried to flick it into a spin to scrub off the speed.

Obviously, it didn't work. He's still a douche.

[Linus27]

I must admit it did look a bit weird. The car was not going really fast yet he turned and nothing happened. You can see lots of dust fly up where he would be turning so I think he got caught out with cold tyres, low grip and a dusty track. Funny it just had to happen to Pastor though.

Makes you wonder how he won the 2010 GP2 series and managed to keep Alonso back to win in Spain.

[Alx09]

Very daring move, not Maldonado's fault I call it a racing incident. Plus the kerb should have anticipated Maldonado would try to rejoin the track from there so kind of the kerb's fault.

[Laster]

"Trollolololol." I think that's what Pastor is saying whenever he don's his helmet.

[Timstr11]

Oh dear. Pastor "Bonehead" Maldonado at it again.
Clearly a case of misjudging grip levels in my opinion.

[paulogman]

now that is stupid. I'll forgive maldonado alot, but a demonstration run.... come on mate.

[ali_M]

Olympics are over and now it's "Bash a Maldonado day". My despise for him has turned into sympathy. I feel sorry for him fulfilling his stereo type on home turf in a setting where there is no one else to blame. Sure his senses must be telling him that his driving needs addressing or else he'll go from a national hero to a national zero.

Indeed. Life is talking to him strongly. Look how nice it can be!!

[Brandz07]

At least the fans got the true Pastor Maldonado experience!

[prty]

And another view of the crash..

The comments from that spectator are hilarious:

"He's always like that. How weird Pastor, how weird it would be if you didn't crash out"

I cant watch that video - with it's giant national flags, immaculate wide concrete boulevards, and wildly devoted crowds blindly cheering away as if witnessing the Second Coming - without thinking 'North Korea'.

In the TV coverage of his "demo" run, the commentator didn't mention his crash, or anything being wrong, just talked as if nothing was happening.

If you understand Spanish, this is a little spooky:




At the end of the first one: "[fist in air] Patriotism, socialism, or death! we are winning!"

Edited by prty, 13 August 2012 - 12:57.

[encircled]

In the TV coverage of his "demo" run, the commentator didn't mention his crash, or anything being wrong, just talked as if nothing was happening.

If you understand Spanish, this is a little spooky:




At the end of the first one: "[fist in air] Patriotism, socialism, or death! we are winning!"

Wow. I did not know that, thanks for the translation.

[JRizzle86]

Judging by that video, Beancounter is right. The kerb should have yielded - the corner was already Pastor´s to take.

The kerb did give him the evil eye therefore justifying his move on the kerb. Although Maldonado said after he would not do anything differently next time...