The 50-lap sprint race got off to a thrilling start with Teams GBR and Germany dicing for the top spot during the opening part of the lap. Unfortunately a safety car was deployed on lap one after a collision between South Africa and Australia. The safety car was out for a lengthy time while a tyre wall was rebuilt and when racing restarted it was just two laps later, on lap nine, when Team Brasil retired from 14th position after putting a wheel on the kerb after suffering from brake vibration, which sent Bruno backwards into the Armco barrier, ending his race.
Bruno Junqueira: “The car in the sprint race was really good, it’s just difficult to make up ground in such a race and then I really don’t know why we had this problem this afternoon. We put new brakes on the car and there was just so much vibration. I was unbalanced going into turn four because of the vibration, the car was really hard to drive. I went a little bit wide and the car went onto the kerb on the exit of the corner. Then I just spun and hit the barrier. It’s such a shame we had the problem. ”
Emerson Fittipaldi: “Bruno had some problems in the race with the brakes, which is a shame, because he could have done a good race. This year has been a very difficult season for many different reasons, but now we have to look to next year and hope that we can come back like the first season. ”
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