Ouch! Watch Maldonado shunt while doing demo in front of home fans
15 August, 2012
Aug.15 (Apex) Crash prone Pastor Maldonado emerged red faced from the Williams cockpit after he slammed a pavement during a demo run in front of some 20 000 fans gathered to watch the Venezuelan F1 driver – their new national hero – in Caracas. Apparently the bumpy surface caught out the Spanish Grand Prix winner, as the Williams went sideways and slammed the curb causing damage to the left rear wheel. Maldonado was unscathed, although reports note that his ego was somewhat bruised!
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@ wtf :
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malfunctionado
Ouch! That is NOT good for PR. Not good.
So you’re telling me not to think then you confirm teams are using new parts in demo runs, is that it? Because I saw DC running the 2010 RB6 with a new front wing that looks like a hybrid between Red Bull’s current front wihg and that of the Mercedes.
If you really want to s*ck Maldonado’s d* so much, keep it to yourself next time, okay pumpkin?
@ Bitterfly
Hey Jack **S first of all please don’t think. Secondly teams do test their new components in demo runs.
On a recent visit to Williams F1 a member of the staff made the comment “We have been in a dark place for several years no, last year being one of the worst. This year we are right up there having won in Barcelona and we have a car to compete. All we need now is a more sedate driver.”
How right he was …….
COWBOY!!!!
he cant drive in f1 without shunting every driver near him, he cant drive slowly in real streets… dude, that guy was ment to drive a goat. Seriously.
Looking at the comments, no wonder our world is -_- with exception for “our” little place. Well not even that for most.
What about the camera operator he nearly took out! Shades of Monaco 2005?
what a douche bring in some one to williams who will not crash every race Example Rubens bralachello
Pestor is the man!
what an f1 driver idiot!
He’s a complete ***hole!
( From Another Thread ).
Come On, Guys !
He Was Just Committed, Or He Would Not Have Any Accident.
Do You Want Him To Drive At Taxi City Speeds, Like 50Kph, All The Time ?
Go, HAMILTON !
@Butterfly
“It must have hurt Williams even more since they were probably running new stuff on that car – 2 laps out of 12 is not good enough.”
I don’t think testing using a demo run is legal…..perhaps with Ferrari as an exception?
so did he pass the crash test? lol
FAIL!
Cowboy Pastor was testing how to crash without taking other cars out too.
At least his sponsors PDVSA got great coverage!!
Have to say this is old news now but how long is Frank and the Williams sponsors willing to pay for The Carbon-Crunching Kid to wreck there cars.
Some one should grow a pair and evict him.
He does it again. What an idiot. When will he ever learn.
@kaka007:
Nick Heidfeld broke his front wing during a similar event, but not the whole suspension…
It must have hurt Williams even more since they were probably running new stuff on that car – 2 laps out of 12 is not good enough.
what a douchebag…..
shunting during a demo run..never heard of it lol…….
No surprise here right? lol
He is 1 stupid driver… since after his f1 win, he’s been crashing williams’ team car and making them lose money by repairing his car everytime… what a disgrace to f1.