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Welcome to the Weird Mistakes section. Listed below are many strange mishaps committed by drivers, teams, and even trackside officials. | |||
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PIT LANE PANDEMONIUM | |||
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1989-Estoril-Mansell Engages Gear Before Mind | Mansell approaches the pit box too quickly, misses, and illegally reverses. | ||
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1990-Brazil-Boutsen's Balls-up | The Belgian misjudged his pit box approach, hit a tyre, broke his wing, and ruined his race. | ||
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1991-Estoril-Mansell's Tricycle | Mansell enters the pits battling desperately for the championship. Everything seems OK, or is it? | ||
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1992-Estoril-Berger's Banana Skin | Berger exits the pits too rapidly, loses control over a bump and careers into the wall. | ||
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1994-Hockenheim-Verstappen in Flames | Verstappen pulls into the pits for a routine stop. It proves to be nothing of the sort. | ||
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1995-Barcelona-Herbert on a Jack | Barcelona, Johnny Herbert's Benetton pit crew raise the lollypop, but the rear jack is still attached! | ||
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1995-Spa-Irvine Ignition | Irvine tries to pull away from his pit box, but the fuel hose has leaked and the car bursts into flames. | ||
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1995-Adelaide-Coulthards Crash | Crashing on track is one thing, but crashing in the pit lane is simply embarrassing... | ||
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1995-Adelaide-Moreno in a spin | Roberto Moreno follows Coulthard's example, but at least he can get to his pit box. | ||
| 2000-Imola Schumacher hits his Jackman | They say practice sessions mean nothing, but this practice pit stop must have meant something... | |||
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2000-Barcelona-Schumacher runs over his re-fueller | Ferrari are amongst the quickest in the pits, but their over exuberance was at Nigel Stepney's pain here. | ||
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2003-Austria-Flaming Schumacher | Schumacher again, although this was not his fault. Fuel and heat simply do not mix... | ||
| 2004-Monza-Burning Bruni | Bruni bore the brunt of more flames at the 2004 Italian Grand Prix. | |||
| 2005-Barcelona-Trulli Smokin' | Another heated pit stop, although this was more fortunate, for the car was on the move. | |||
| 2005-Suzuka-Albers Alight | The Minardi driver overruns his pit box, causing problems when it came to refuelling. | |||
| GRID GARBAGE | ||||
| 2001-Malaysia-Fisi Fudge | Formula One drivers operate at high speed with awesome precision, but not at low speed it seems... | |||
| 2003-Malaysia-Fisi Fudges again | Making one embarassing mistake in F1 is bad enough, but repeating it, at the same place is even worse. | |||
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| Coming soon to Focus F1 |
| Further updates to the Weird and Wonderful section, and an F1 dictionary! |
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