Race #17, Brazil: Post-Race Checks

Mikko Puumalainen · Oct 19, 2010

The appeal deadline is October 22nd @ 6:46 GMT.

Jaakko Mikkonen

Q1: Clean
Log: Clean
Launch Control: Used
Pitstop: Lap 34
Penalty: N/A

Dennis Hirrle

Q1: Clean
Log: Clean
Launch Control: Used
Pitstop: Lap 34
Penalty: N/A

Bono Huis

Q1: Started from the pitlane
Log: Clean
Launch Control: Started from the pitlane
Pitstop: Lap 17, 46
Penalty: N/A

Rasmus Tali

Q1: Clean
Log: Clean
Launch Control: Used
Pitstop: Lap 19, 42
Penalty: N/A

Mikko Puumalainen

Q1: Clean
Log: Clean
Launch Control: Used
Pitstop: Lap 34
Penalty: N/A

Marco Conti

Q1: Clean
Log: Clean
Launch Control: Used
Pitstop: Lap 33
Penalty: Official Warning for Incident #1, 0.5 Penalty points & +15 seconds to race time for Incident #7.

Atze Kerkhof

Q1: Clean
Log: Clean
Launch Control: Used
Pitstop: Lap 21, 24, 44
Penalty: N/A

Blair Disley

Q1: Clean
Log: Clean
Launch Control: Used
Pitstop: Lap 13, 46
Penalty: N/A

John-Eric Saxen

Q1: Clean
Log: Clean
Launch Control: Used
Pitstop: Lap 15, 42
Penalty: N/A

Domagoj Malezic

Q1: Started from the back of the grid
Log: Rearview="0"
Launch Control: Used
Pitstop: Lap 24, 51, 55
Penalty: 0.5 Penalty points for log infraction (3rd time)

Patrick De Wit

Q1: Clean
Log: Clean
Launch Control: Used
Pitstop: Lap 3, 23, 46
Penalty: Race ban for Incident #2, Disqualification for Incident #3.

Fredrik Nilsson

Q1: Started from the back of the grid
Log: Clean
Launch Control: Used
Pitstop: Lap 19, 48
Penalty: N/A

Muhammed Patel

Q1: Clean
Log: Clean
Launch Control: Used
Pitstop: Lap 32
Penalty: N/A

Giuseppe Marconi

Q1: Clean
Log: Clean
Launch Control: Used
Pitstop: Lap 22, 44
Penalty: N/A

Eduard Mallorqui

Q1: Started from the back of the grid
Log: Clean
Launch Control: Used
Pitstop: Lap 32
Penalty: Official Warning for not commenting on GPCOS, Pitlane start in the next race for Incidents #4, 5 & 6.

Ronny Hähnel

Q1: Started from the pitlane
Log: Clean
Launch Control: Started from the pitlane
Pitstop: Lap 17, 20
Penalty: N/A

Bruno Marques

Q1: Clean
Log: Clean
Launch Control: Used
Pitstop: N/A
Penalty: N/A

#1

Driver(s) Involved Marco Conti
Lap/Replay Time formation lap
Protest Description Marco Conti was too slow on the formation lap, driving his own pace instead of the leader Bruno Marques, making Bruno slowing down himself to make the gap closer at the end of the formation lap. Nevertheless Marco arrived much later than the driver in front. This was particularly bad on the leader drivers who saw the tyre temperatures get on critical low level.

Review: Conti leaves a very large gap to the cars in front and doesn't try to catch them at all during the lap, instead focusing on driving his own pace.

Verdict: Official Warning for Marco Conti. If this happens again (by anyone), then the penalty will be much more significant.

#2

Driver(s) Involved Bruno Marques and Patrick de Wit
Lap/Replay Time Beginning of 3rd lap
Protest Description Bruno Marques overtook Patrick de Wit at the end of the 2nd lap, on the main straight, then on 3rd lap, braking for turn 1, Bruno Marques braked on the usual braking spot for him and Patrick braked much later hitting him from behind, hitting his rear left wheel and Bruno couldn't avoid the wall.

Review: Marques and De Wit are heading for T1. De Wit brakes late while trying to pass Marques on the inside. De Wit doesn't steer the car enough to attempt the pass, running in to the back of Marques, which sends Marques in to the barrier.

Verdict: 1 Race ban (and further evaluation by the ISR Club Board) for Patrick De Wit.

#3

Driver(s) Involved Patrick De Wit
Lap/Replay Time Lap 3 whole lap Patrick De Wit
Protest Description De Wit loses his front wing in T1. Instead of pulling off the track/racing line to let people pass safely, he continues to drive fully on the racing line while entering the corners at significantly slower speeds than normal. This almost causes a collision at the entry for T6 between himself, Conti and Puumalainen.

Review: De Wit loses his front wing in T1. Instead of pulling off the track/racing line to let people pass safely, he continues to drive fully on the racing line while entering the corners at significantly slower speeds than normal. This almost causes a collision at the entry for T6 between himself, Conti and Puumalainen.

Verdict: Disqualification for Patrick De Wit (same as Monaco).

P.S. The reason why the Protest Description & Review are the same is because I wrote the protest that was sent by our team.

#4

Driver(s) Involved Mallorqui, Huis
Lap/Replay Time 22:42
Protest Description Mallorqui and Huis are approaching turn 1. Mallorqui does't leave any space on outside and squeezes Huis out on grass. Only quick reaction of Huis avoided a collision, nevertheless Huis lost valuable time.

Review: Mallorqui and Huis are on the main straight heading towards T1, Mallorqui first makes a blocking move to the inside, Huis then goes for the outside line but Mallorqui then moves to the outside to get a better line for the corner and to squeeze Huis.

Verdict: Read Incident #6 verdict for combined total.

#5

Driver(s) Involved Mallorqui, Huis
Lap/Replay Time 40:00
Protest Description Mallorqui unexplainably turns into Huis on straight.

Review: Mallorqui and Huis exit T3, Mallorqui moves once to slightly block Huis, Huis then goes for the pass on the inside, but Mallorqui makes a very sudden blocking move which ends in contact with Huis' frontwing, causing Huis to back off.

Verdict: Read Incident #6 verdict for combined total.

#6 Appeal successful

Driver(s) Involved Mallorqui, Huis
Lap/Replay Time 40:14
Protest Description Mallorqui is weaving infront of Huis in attempt to block his overtaking attempts

Review: Mallorqui and Huis exit T5, Mallorqui makes a late move to block the inside for T6, Huis then goes for the outside but Mallorqui moves again towards the outside to block Huis and to get a better line for the corner entry.

Verdict: 1 race ban for Eduard Mallorqui.

Appeal Verdict: Pitlane start in the next race for Eduard Mallorqui.

#7 Appeal successful

Driver(s) Involved Atze Kerkhof and Marco Conti
Lap/Replay Time Lap 71
Protest Description Atze Kerkhof and Marco Conti are heading for T6, Marco makes a dangerous move to the left where Atze was which could've easily taken Atze's front wing off.

Review: Kerkhof and Conti are heading for T6, Kerkhof is on the outside with his front wing at the same level as Conti's rear wheels when Conti makes a sudden move to the left and hits Kerkhof.

Verdict: 0.5 Penalty points & +30 seconds to race time for Marco Conti.

Appeal Verdict: 0.5 Penalty points & +15 seconds to race time for Marco Conti.