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RAikkOnen’s hUnt tRiBUte
Kimi Raikkonen sported a James Hunt replica helmet during the Monaco Grand Prix weekend. The 32-year-old
Finn is a Hunt fan and once competed in a snowmobile race under the 1976 world champion’s name.
WILLIAMS SAFETY CHANGES
Williams has modified its pit garage procedures
in the wake of its Spanish GP fire. Chief operations
engineer Mark Gillan confirmed it was caused
by “fuel-handling”.
Despite the loss of “90
per cent” of its garage
equipment, the team was
fully operational in Monaco.
brawn returns
Mercedes team principal
ross brawn returned to
the f1 paddock in Monaco
after missing the spanish
grand prix weekend. he
confirmed that he “had an
arrhythmia, which is an
irregular heartbeat”, but
tests revealed no serious
health implications.
16 autosport.com May 31 2012
Chinese RACeR
Gets hRt test
Ma Qing Hua will drive for HRT in the Silverstone
young-driver test in July. The 24-year-old has
dabbled in European single-seaters without
distinction and won the 1600cc class in last
year’s Chinese Touring Car Championship.
pirelli seeKs Q3 tYre talKs
pirelli’s paul hembery is
planning to propose to the
f1 commission a plan to give
each driver who makes Q3 an
extra set of tyres for the top-10
shootout. teams are wary of
the change, with Mercedes team principal ross brawn
wanting “genuine proof” that this is what the fans want.
“ “
For modern F1, it is
way too dangerous.
The extra space at
the chicane and the
removal of the bumps
pushes us in the right
direction but it is still
a very dangerous track
and not one that I
particularly like
GPDA chairman Pedro
de la Rosa on Monaco
BAHAR SUSPENDED
Dany Bahar has been suspended from his role as
chief executive officer of Group Lotus. The move
will not affect the Lotus F1 team.
team gtr topped the sixth round of the castrol
edge grand prix predictor, landing 100 points at
Monaco after perfectly predicting fernando alonso
to head sebastian Vettel in the fight for third and
fourth, bruno senna to take 10th and sergio perez to
set the fastest lap. the ever-changing nature of f1
2012 meanwhile was reflected in the fact no-one
managed to predict the podium trio.
To play the game, visit predictor.autosport.com
499
Number of races actually started by the current Lotus team (including its
Toleman, Benetton and Renault guises) despite it celebrating its 500th race
at Monaco. Neither Renault officially started the 2005 US Grand Prix at Indy.