Gran Premio Santander d'Italia 2010

[phil1993]

Good news - just back at HRT - Marcel the radio man is talking and stable in the medical centre awaiting more scans...'

What happened there anywhere? Wasn't on the screens, was it? Just saw the ambulance...

Yamamoto pulled away when the mechanic was leaning in the car, hence Sniff's tweet:

So there was a man actually reaching into the cockpit and Yamamoto decided to DRIVE OFF? Did he think he was being CAR JACKED?

[swca92]

Good news - just back at HRT - Marcel the radio man is talking and stable in the medical centre awaiting more scans...'

What happened there anywhere? Wasn't on the screens, was it? Just saw the ambulance...

A mechanic was fixing the radio by adjusting something on the back of Yamamoto's helmet as he was having in his pitstops. For whatever reason Yamamoto drove off halfway through his radio connection being fixed, sending the mechanic flying. They didn't show it on TV, must have looked really bad or the TV simply didn't bother watching a HRT pitstop.

[saif]

Button's analysis is that the fact he could not do a fast enough out lap and had "shuddering" under braking cost him victory

[phil1993]

Yamamoto hits mechanic:

[MavF1]

Oh my god!
I hope he makes a full recovery. Yamamoto is nothing but slow and dangerous!

[prozac26]

Oh my god!
I hope he makes a full recovery. Get Yamamoto out there please, slow and dangerous!

That was terrible. Hopefully the mechanic has not significant injuries.

But in all fairness, the lollipop man let him out.

[dacer]

the lollipop man let him out.

Yamamoto is not guilty.

Hope this mechanic recovery soon

[phil1993]

Retirements 2010: (Over 90% completed = classified)
F. Massa 0
F. Alonso 1
N. Rosberg 1
M. Webber 1
M. Schumacher 1
S. Yamamoto 1 (in 5 races)
L. Hamilton 2
S. Vettel 2
J. Button 2
R. Kubica 2
A. Sutil 2
R. Barrichello 2
V. Liuzzi 2
J. Alguersuari 2
K. Chandhok 2 (in 10 races)
V. Petrov 3
N. Hulkenberg 3
S. Buemi 4
H. Kovalainen 4 (+ 1 NC, + 1 DNS)
J. Trulli 5 (+1 DNS)
T. Glock 5 (+1 DNS)
P. de la Rosa 6 (+ 1 DNS)
K. Kobayashi 7
L. di Grassi 7
B. Senna 8 (in 13 races)

[Ferrariman60]

Wow. That radio man was very lucky. If he had flipped the wrong way, he could have ended up with his head right under Yamamoto's left rear tire.

[Mitsuro Sano]

Fernando Alonso has put a superb performance today!! Great drive by him, loved how he resists to Button in the first chicane after his tyres stop!
This year, I begun to dislike Alonso but what he did today ( with Jenson too ) is truly world class. Same battle as Schumacher/Montoya or Schumacher/Raikkonen at this circuit!

[phil1993]

Sutil went wide, unnoticed by F-O-M

[Zack]

Great performance by Ferrari.

Vettel's strategy

Do Italians like Massa more than Alonso?

[phil1993]

Autosport now also reporting Heidfeld > Sauber from Singapore

[eleanor]

that's how the standings would look like using last year's points

Drivers
Lewis Hamilton - 75
Mark Webber – 74
Fernando Alonso – 67
Jenson Button – 67
Sebastian Vettel – 66
Felipe Massa – 50
Nico Rosberg – 43
Robert Kubica – 42
Michael Schumacher – 15
Adrian Sutil - 15

Constructors
McLaren – 142
Red Bull – 140
Ferrari – 117
Mercedes – 58
Renault – 48
Force India - 17
Williams – 15
Sauber - 8
Torro Rosso - 1
Lotus/Virgin/HRT – 0

[lealjaime]

Great race for Ferrari, Great win. In Singapure Ferrari will fight with Red Bull, Mclaren car its not good for that kind of track maybe fighting for 4 or if lucky third.

Goooo Ferrari