In last few minutes before start of a Formula 1 race, it is on start and finish lines as well as on a medieval market place on which technology of present has strayed. Too many people share too little space. At least six mechanics roll race cars into designated park bays, in front of m stand on high heels so-called grid girls with ir number plates and try not to fall over. And in between scurrying also reporters and more or less famous people, as on Sunday of footballing diaspora of Japan, Lukas Podolski, who in addition still attracts cameramen and photographers like a honey Jogi bear.
In se last minutes before start, racers must try to find a little rest. No one was so restless before start of race at Suzuka as Sebastian Vettel.
Vettel refused to shut down to pit lane, an assistant kept a parasol over his head so that his face could find a little shade. But sun or shadows were pretty much irrelevant to Vettel. He stared at his Ferrari, where technicians performed a emergency before him. They screwed hood off. They began to fiddle with engine, to spark plugs, which could not be concealed, even though y formed a small visual protection.
It was moment when Sebastian Vettel dawned that World Cup had probably just been decided, even before traffic lights would jump on green, in favor of Lewis Hamilton, who was allowed to celebrate a start and final victory. Because Vettel would have to turn off his Ferrari in fourth round with technical problems.
59 points lead, Hamilton now has four races before end of season. Only one more miracle can bring Vettel back to title race. But in technological world of Formula 1, re are seldom miracles. According to situation, Vettel has lost this world championship on his Asian voyage. He travelled to Singapore with a three-point lag, with 59 traveling back from Japan. Not only because of his crash in first round of Singapore. But mainly because technology had striked in his Ferrari: in Malaysia he went from last place to race because a cable was torn between turbocharger and engine before qualifying. This time his engine failed to ignite in race.
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“On way to grid we have already noticed problem. In introductory round and n also at start was not full power re, orwise I would have passed Lewis, “said Vettel.
The problems in Japan were especially annoying for Ferrari, because Mercedes of Hamilton in Malaysia still had “somewhere a Gremlin” in it, as Mercedes boss Toto Wolff told. Hamilton was second behind Max in Sepang, but Silver arrows were clearly slower all weekend than Ferraris and Red Bulls. On Saturday at Suzuka everything looked completely different again: Hamilton declassified his World Cup competitor in qualifying, when he rolled on day of winning his 71. Pole position almost half a second faster and Vettel distanced by 0.472 seconds. “We seem to learn from bad days. We checked data, pulled correct conclusions from it and optimized setup on that basis, “said Wolff on Saturday night, saying obvious. Alone: Where was he, mean Gremlin?
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A Gremlin is something like a mistake devil. He was made known by British writer Roald Dahl, who was a fighter pilot for Royal Air Force during World War II and had heard of alleged kobold crashes of his colleagues. Gremlin has become famous only by a film adaptation of Joe Dante 1984: In “Gremlins-Little Monsters” re is a creature that is about as gentle and peaceful as Sebastian Vettel, also because he belongs to genus of plush Mogwais. Just like Vettel’s Ferrari, it will only be problematic when Mogwai comes into contact with water. And especially when it is fed after midnight (which is not very good for a racer eir). Then he transforms into a scaly and in all respects annoying creature with large ears, which has a penchant for making electronics short: Gremlin.
