Petr Fulín leaves Monza disappointed
11.03.2012
Also for the last day of opening round 2012 ETCC season the weather at Monza prepared a wonderful sunny weather. Unfortunately, the sun finally turned against the Czech team.
Race 1 start went to the Petr’s liking, retained second place where the race would go in peace and prepare a good starting position for the race 2. But after the first lap came penalty, Petr did not see the signalization and was excluded from the race. But Peter even did not see a black flag and signal from the pits and because of ignoring black flag was not admitted to start the race 2.
Petr FULÍN
"This weekend I will remember for a long time. I always wondered if someone in the race ignored a penalty and did not believe it could happen to me. Unfortunately, several factors came together and caused that it happen. After the experience from training, when radio was a disturbing element, we decided to not use it, the sun shone on the home straight directly into the eye, signals were hoisted high above the track and also the place where it was indicated, I'm shift the gear, so I watched the rev lights. I regret it all even more , because everything worked perfectly and the second place was almost need. I would like to thank the mechanics and the whole team, they did a perfect job."
Race 1 | ||||
1. | Fernando Monje | SEAT León | 11 laps | |
2. | Stian Paulsen | SEAT León Cópa | +18.314 | |
3. | Andreas Pfister | SEAT León Cópa | +20.639 | |
4. | Peter Rikli | Honda Civic FD | +28.813 | |
5. | Ferenc Ficza | Alfa Romeo 156 | +36.217 | |
6. | Urs Sonderegger | SEAT León Cópa | +54.551 | |
7. | Ayaç Biter | BMW 320si | +54.562 | |
8. | Christian Fischer | Honda Accord Euro R | +1:00.979 | |
9. | Aleksandar Tošić | Honda Civic Type-R | +1:59.902 | |
10. | Nikolay Karamyshev | Honda Civic Type-R | +2:18.579 | |
11. | Kevin Krammes | Ford Fiesta ST | 1 lap | |
12. | Ulrike Krafft | Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V | 1 lap | |
13. | Gilles Bruckner | Ford Fiesta ST | 1 lap | |
14. | Paolo Necchi | Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V | 1 lap | |
15. | Klaus Bingler | Ford Fiesta ST | 1 lap | |
16. | Igor Skuz | BMW 320si | 3 laps | |
17. | Steffen Grossmann | Ford Fiesta ST | 6 laps | |
18. | Petr Fulín | BMW 320si | DSQ |