After the 3 -
lap race ends we once again get a look at the podium sequence which features some very odd and awkward looking character models of Rosberg, Bottas and Hamilton.
Not exact matches
He was
racing with Alex Lowes when on
lap 13, approaching the Rivazza double left - hander towards the
end of the
lap, their bikes made light contact.
In the
race he even led for a few
laps, but come the
end had slipped to eighth as faster cars moved up the order.
Eventually Fernando's
race came to an
end on
lap 26 with what appeared to be yet another engine failure.
He pitted behind the safety car at the
end of the first
lap, and when title contender Fernando Alonso emerged from his stop later in the
race he came out behind the Renault.
He retired on the spot, but when the
race was stopped after two
laps, he was able to rejoin on pole in the spare car (although he didn't
end up making the chequered flag anyway).
«Kvyat was driving exceptionally slowly and taking the
racing line at the
end of Q1 when other drivers were attempting to set fast
laps and this led to the unnecessary impeding.»
He was four
laps down on the winner at the
end, but in a
race where only five cars finished that was enough for third place.
All three drivers mentioned above
ended up not finishing the
race - Leclerc later clashed with his team - mate and spun, Marciello was out on
lap one and Boschung kept going a bit longer.
The 1985 San Marino Grand Prix had a bizarre and dramatic
ending when most of the drivers left in the
race at that point ran out of fuel in the closing
laps.
He was on course for a podium but a tyre failure eight
laps from the
end put him out of the
race, whilst Michael went on to finish second, securing world championship number seven in the process.
The 2017 Paris ePrix looked set to be a fairly processional
race after the first few
laps, but it soon livened up and then
ended with complete confusion.
He didn't get fastest
lap anyway and he
ended the
race in the barrier, sparking the safety car and underwhelming finish.
As the track dried out he actually began to reel the Spaniard back in and for a while it looked like he could actually win the
race, but a small off just a few
laps from the
end meant he had to settle for second.
The blunt motivation tactic seemed to work though as Camara made his way up to 10th in the
race and was looking set to score his first F2 points before having to retire a few
laps from the
end.
Larson entered the knockout
race with a 29 - point cushion, but that margin vanished when an engine failure sent him to the garage four
laps before the
end of Stage 1.
At the
end of
lap eight his lead was 28 seconds, and by
lap 12 - after just nine
racing laps - he was ahead by a full minute!
De Cesaris meanwhile came incredibly close to winning the
race before his engine blew three
laps from the
end - if Schumacher had made it to the
end, might he have won on his debut?
Ferrari didn't even get to enjoy victory as just a few
laps from the
end a wheel bearing put Alesi out of the
race as well.
At such short notice Dale Coyne
Racing called up Australian driver James Davison was called up to replace him at for the Indy 500 and performed well, running at the front for a while and even leading briefly before crashing out 17
laps from the
end.
The first three
laps took place behind the safety car, and by the
end of
lap four (the first
racing lap) Schumacher was running where he started - in third place.
Jos was renowned for being good at the start (in 1996 he gained places in every
race but one) and he shot up from a season - best grid slot of 14th to 10th by the
end of the first
lap.
Vettel
ended the
race just six tenths of a second behind Bottas and said on the podium that he'd have passed him had the
race been just one
lap longer.
He didn't necessarily agree that he'd have been passed if the
race had been a
lap longer but was happy it
ended when it did.
Valtteri Bottas was struggling so badly with his tyres towards the
end of the
race that Sebastian Vettel feels he would only have needed another
lap to win
I was happy the
race ended that
lap!»
Massa retires at the
end of the season and was taking part in his final
race at Interlagos, but things didn't go his way when he
ended up crashing into the wall on
lap 48.
Grosjean was unhappy with his tyre life at the
end of the US Grand Prix, so much so that he wanted to retire the car even though it was the final
lap of the
race.
Mansell continued to lead until he made his sole pitstop on
lap 26, but as he left his box a driveshaft broke, leaving him stranded at the
end of the pit lane and out of the
race.
The whole front
end of the car was severely damaged and it looked like a lost cause but somehow Toyota repaired the car and got the No. 7 back out to finish the
race, albeit 38
laps down.
The
race was running normally until a couple of
laps from the
end, when four cars stopped on track.
That gave Prost a healthy lead and whilst Piquet's pace after his stop was rapid, he ran out of
laps and
ended the
race 4.2 seconds behind Prost, giving the Frenchman his second of four titles.
In Bahrain, Verstappen was the centre of attention for an ill - executed move on Hamilton that led to a puncture and
race -
ending differential damage on just the second
lap.
It is believed that the puncture and resulting in
lap to the pits damaged the Red Bull's differential, forcing Verstappen out of the
race one
lap later; it
ended a miserable weekend for Red Bull, who saw Daniel Ricciardo's
race last a matter of moments with electrical problems.
Whilst all eyes were on the dramatic, tyre - bursting conclusion to the championship up at the front, Tambay came home in last place, 12
laps down and unclassified - not a fitting
end from the former Ferrari driver and two - time
race winner.
A recent round at Road America saw the
race end with a one
lap dash to the flag, and it was exactly as chaotic as you'd imagine.
The #GP3
race ends with a red flag as the leader was not shown the chequered flag at the
end of the final
lap!
He was the last classified finisher, but remember that was the soaking wet
race where Michael Schumacher made everyone look silly - the fact Diniz got to the
end (and «only» two
laps down) when many others did not was impressive.
Two
laps later the
race was effectively
ended when Jimmy Spencer hit the wall, bringing out the caution flag that would fly alongside the checkered.
And surprisingly, by
race end, Keselowski had rallied to find himself in contention where on a two -
lap overtime restart he was lined up third behind Larson and Martin Truex Jr..
This kind of degradation is between two - and - a-half and three seconds over a
lap between the start of the
race and the
end.
I had to start around the ninth row since I missed a number of the previous
races and it wasn't easy to catch the front group but I managed to grab their wheels by the
end of the first
lap.
The
race ended up going to time as there were so many interruptions, with Niko Kari crashing out of fourth place on the penultimate
lap.
Carlos Sainz
ended his final
race for Toro Rosso in the gravel on the first
lap, and Marcus Ericsson plonked his Sauber in the barriers at the second Degner.
Lance Stroll did the best first
lap, also gaining six places, but by the
end of the
race he had lost two of them.
Esteban Ocon's record of finishing every
race he started came to an
end in Brazil after tangling with Romain Grosjean on
lap 1.
Both got a bit rude on the opening
lap thanks to some epic Haas understeer which carried Magnussen wide into Stoffel Vandoorne and on into Daniel Ricciardo,
ending Vandoorne's and his own
race.
When Verstappen got past Raikkonen on the final
lap I was cheering as I initially thought it was a great move and a great way to
end the
race.
Towards the
end of the
race I was coming fast, catching the Force India, and I got quite close to overtaking him — if only there had been a few more
laps, I could've given it a try.
One warning though, do not play the game on the easiest mode because I was
lapping my opponents by almost two or three
laps at the
end of the
race.