Post by montybriscoe on May 7, 2020 7:55:25 GMT -8
...actually win or should he have been DQed for an illegal push start?
After he spun at Lowes Hairpin, while leading, with a couple laps to go, the cameras broke away to pick up the new leader, Didier Pironi. Pironi's car ground to a halt entering the tunnel (electrical issue) on the final lap which should have given Andrea de Cesaris the lead but he ran out of fuel and rolled to a halt further behind Pironi on the track. Derek Daly appeared heading to victory but his car too stopped before the finish. Meanwhile, Riccardo Patrese somehow recovered from his spin and took the checkered flag after nearly having victory snatched by the jaws of defeat. But wait there is more!
Did Patrese receive an illegal push start from the marshals? His car appeared to stall at the hairpin but he could have rolled his car downhill to the tunnel entrance and bump started it. However, he appeared to be high sided on the inside curb. The marshals definitely gave him a push but was it to get his car out of a dangerous spot?
When Patrese got to the royal box to get his winners trophy he was greeted by Elio de Angelis who claimed he had unlapped himself from Patrese, while his car was stalled on track and then passed him a second time to take the lead and, thus win. The scorers didn't see that....hmmmmm. Andrea de Cesaris and Pironi showed up too. They had a more legitimate beef. Their beef, obviously, was Patrese received an illegal push start which should have had him excluded from the results. In that event, the results would have gone back to the previous lap since Patrese finished with a lap on the field. If Patrese would have been DQed, Pironi would have been declared the winner based on his dead car being placed further up the track than any other car. He would have been ahead of De Cesaris, the second. I think after that, 3rd would have gone to Mansell, who was still running at the end but was a lap behind Pironi and De Cesaris. And the his teammate De Angelis in 4th followed by Daly (who claimed victory but was three laps down) and Brian Henton would have scored the last point in sixth.
I always found De Angelis's argument compelling even if the stewards didn't. Both Lotus drivers did, I think. De Angelis always maintained he passed Patrese twice in the closing laps and should have been on the same lap as Patrese. It was all very confusing, I think.
Final order was:
1. Patrese, Brabham
2. Pironi, Ferrari
3. De Cesaris, Alfa Romeo
4. Mansell, Lotus
5. De Angelis, Lotus
6. Daly, Williams
Crazy ending when the rain hit as Prost crashed his Renault out while heading to victory with only a three laps to go. That set the stage for one of the wildest finishes in F1 ever.
After he spun at Lowes Hairpin, while leading, with a couple laps to go, the cameras broke away to pick up the new leader, Didier Pironi. Pironi's car ground to a halt entering the tunnel (electrical issue) on the final lap which should have given Andrea de Cesaris the lead but he ran out of fuel and rolled to a halt further behind Pironi on the track. Derek Daly appeared heading to victory but his car too stopped before the finish. Meanwhile, Riccardo Patrese somehow recovered from his spin and took the checkered flag after nearly having victory snatched by the jaws of defeat. But wait there is more!
Did Patrese receive an illegal push start from the marshals? His car appeared to stall at the hairpin but he could have rolled his car downhill to the tunnel entrance and bump started it. However, he appeared to be high sided on the inside curb. The marshals definitely gave him a push but was it to get his car out of a dangerous spot?
When Patrese got to the royal box to get his winners trophy he was greeted by Elio de Angelis who claimed he had unlapped himself from Patrese, while his car was stalled on track and then passed him a second time to take the lead and, thus win. The scorers didn't see that....hmmmmm. Andrea de Cesaris and Pironi showed up too. They had a more legitimate beef. Their beef, obviously, was Patrese received an illegal push start which should have had him excluded from the results. In that event, the results would have gone back to the previous lap since Patrese finished with a lap on the field. If Patrese would have been DQed, Pironi would have been declared the winner based on his dead car being placed further up the track than any other car. He would have been ahead of De Cesaris, the second. I think after that, 3rd would have gone to Mansell, who was still running at the end but was a lap behind Pironi and De Cesaris. And the his teammate De Angelis in 4th followed by Daly (who claimed victory but was three laps down) and Brian Henton would have scored the last point in sixth.
I always found De Angelis's argument compelling even if the stewards didn't. Both Lotus drivers did, I think. De Angelis always maintained he passed Patrese twice in the closing laps and should have been on the same lap as Patrese. It was all very confusing, I think.
Final order was:
1. Patrese, Brabham
2. Pironi, Ferrari
3. De Cesaris, Alfa Romeo
4. Mansell, Lotus
5. De Angelis, Lotus
6. Daly, Williams
Crazy ending when the rain hit as Prost crashed his Renault out while heading to victory with only a three laps to go. That set the stage for one of the wildest finishes in F1 ever.
Korean cable TV is lousy. no more NASCAR nor NHRA