標題: [賽車] Vettel penalised and fined for Kubica collision [打印本頁] 作者: carwing 時間: 2009-3-30 02:31 AM 標題: Vettel penalised and fined for Kubica collision
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel has been handed a 10-place grid penalty fornext weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix following an incident in Sunday’sAustralian race. Vettel collided with BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica duringthe latter stages in Melbourne as the Polish driver attempted toovertake him. 5 U) Q$ ~% F/ R' _1 X/ q公仔箱論壇4 M) X/ [- S' @ a
Following a post-race investigation, stewardsdecided to penalise the young German for 'causing a collision andforcing a driver off the track’. He had been racing in second, behindeventual race victor Jenson Button, with Kubica running a close third.6 z8 e2 \+ e6 Q$ B
$ ]+ O. |/ W1 U0 jTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。“Wewere in second and a strong position, but then, a couple of laps fromthe end, I had a stupid racing accident with Robert,” explained Vettel.“At the time I turned in I was ahead, but I couldn't keep up speed inthe corner and Robert was on a harder tyre, so was much quicker. At thetime we collided he was in front, but I had no where to go, I couldn'tstop the car, or turn to the right and my tyres were gone.9 N% _: a; x" u. K1 Y3 d+ a
. n5 @: Z c9 R+ c( M1 s“MaybeI should have said let him go and bring third back home, but that'slife. I tried to defend and, up to the mid-corner, I had reason, butthen I had no grip to avoid a collision. I'm sorry to the team and alsoto Robert, as it didn't just mean the end of my race, but also his.” - Y5 Y+ X: }2 h; A( I' k5 }公仔箱論壇* R+ d; N) p7 b0 D2 a
BothVettel's and Kubica's cars sustained substantial front-end damage inthe collision. But while the BMW Sauber driver spun off and hit a wallsoon after, Vettel continued to drive his stricken RB5 with its leftfront wheel hanging off as the safety car emerged following theincident. 0 {5 B# B6 q& I+ K0 E+ C% O, j公仔箱論壇 4 d1 d) N' _3 H/ h! ~5.39.217.76As a result the stewards have additionally fined him - and Red Bull Racing - US$50,000 for continuing to drive a damaged car.
