Tiago Monteiro suffered the disappointing experience of not
making it beyond the first lap of today’s 58 lap long Turkey Grand Prix.
Tiago Monteiro
(Midland F1) commented: “This was a huge disappointment for me not to be able to
cover one lap in my Midland M16. I had made a good start ahead of my team-mate
Christijan Albers, and I was feeling really good. Then suddenly, it got a bit
messy at the start. I felt a car running into me from the right hand side as I
was in the inside line in the first corner of the first lap. It happened so
quickly. I had no time to react. He hit my wheel and my radiator and that was
it.
I did not know who it
was, but discovered later that it was Takuma Sato (Super Aguri F1) cutting into
my space after being certainly caught in the first race incident along with
Scott Speed (Scuderia Toro Rosso as well as Kimi Raikkonen (West McLaren
Mercedes) and Giancarlo Fisichella (Mild Seven Renault F1 Team) spinning ahead
of us.
Nevertheless my car
was severely damaged with the front suspension broken and this ended my race on
the spot.
What a shame after a
good week-end. We were certain that our team strategy would pay off and that
considering the extreme hot temperature on the track, the choice for our tires
would work perfectly well.
Imagine how
disappointed and frustrated I am. I did not deserve such a short race. I am
glad that we are heading directly to Monza for a three-day test in preparation
of the Italian Grand Prix.”
tiago monteiro
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