Vitantonio Liuzzi has revealed that a piece of debris was the initial cause of his broken front wing on the opening lap of Sunday’s Korean Grand Prix. As a result, the Italian struck a Virgin car and was forced to make an immediate and unscheduled pit-stop.
“We had a really good start, we overtook a few cars and heading into Turn 3 there must have been some contact because there were pieces of carbon flying,” the HRT driver explains. “I hit something with my front end and after that I had problems locking the front (wheels), which caused my contact in Turn 4 with one of the Virgins - I damaged my front wing and was forced to come in, which killed my race.
“We had pretty good pace during the first stint but the Safety Car came out at the worst time possible, just as the leaders had lapped me, so I was a lap down with respect to my main rivals. The race was very difficult after that and the balance was all over the place, it was really hard to drive. But, with all those problems we endured we still made it to the chequered flag, which is a positive thing.”
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| 10. | P. di Resta | Force India | +1:08.602 |
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