Sunday 24 June 2012

Vettel out of European Grand Prix


(Reuters) - World champion Sebastian Vettel's hopes of becoming the 1st repeat winner of the Formula One season vanished on Sunday when he retired from the European Grand Prix in Valencia while leading from pole location.

The German was on course for a hat-trick of wins in the Spanish docks city, after winning in 2010 and 2011, when his Red Bull suddenly lost authority after racing had restarted following a safety car period.

The champion stepped out of his stricken car and heatedly threw a glove at the wall while Red Bull designer and technical leader Adrian Newey, watching on the team pit wall, buried his head in his hands in misery.

I lost drive on the directly down to turn 17 and I had to give way to the other people, Vettel, who had romped away at the create to build a comfortable lead until the safety car appear, tell the BBC.

"The engine stalled and switched off and there was nothing we could have completed. At the moment it's not apparent what precisely was the problem."

The safety car was deployed after tire and wheel debris was left on the track after a coming jointly among the Caterham of Heikki Kovalainen and Toro Rosso of Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne.

Vettel left Ferrari's Fernando Alonso in 1st place, to the delight of the house fans.

Frenchman Romain Grosjean, who had hoped to become the 8th  different winner in 8 races, then retired when his Lotus suffered an alternator problem while challenging the Ferrari for the show the way.

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