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| 2011 – Malaysian Grand Prix | |||||
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| d’Ambrosio, Jerome (Virgin Racing) |
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6 pts | Retired with electrical failure. |
42 | |
| Practice | |||||
| d’Ambrosio, Jerome (Virgin Racing) |
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10 pts | Lost his right front wheel whilst under braking. Jerome d’Ambrosio suffered loss of a front wheel during practice. The Marussia Virgin Racing driver had just passed one of the HRT cars while approaching the braking zone for the final corner, only to lose his front right wheel at high speed. He ended his session in the gravel trap, with suspension failure the suspected cause. |
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| 2011 – Monaco Grand Prix | |||||
| Race | |||||
| d’Ambrosio, Jerome (Virgin Racing) |
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3 pts | Jerome ignored the blue flags and held up one of the Team Lotus runners. Team Lotus technical chief Mike Gascoyne reported this on Twitter and it was picked up by the BBC: “Held up by Dambrosio for 3 laps with a blue flag so no chance to have a go at the cars in front at the end, he should get a penalty.” |
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| 2011 – Canadian Grand Prix | |||||
| Race | |||||
| d’Ambrosio, Jerome (Virgin Racing) |
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5 pts | d’Ambrosio had the wrong tyres on his car. d’Ambrosio received a drive through penalty because he had the wrong tyres on his car when the race resumed from the Safety Car period. The race stewards had decided full wets were required, but the track was really ready for intermediates. |
37 | |
| Qualifying | |||||
| d’Ambrosio, Jerome (Virgin Racing) |
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5 pts | Failed to meet 107% of the pole position time. However, stewards agreed to allow d’Ambrosio to race. |
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| Practice | |||||
| d’Ambrosio, Jerome (Virgin Racing) |
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5 pts | Crashed heavily at turn 4. If not to be outdone by the Saubers, d’Ambrosio made heavy contact with the wall in turn 4 bringing out the red flags. |
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| 2011 – Hungarian Grand Prix | |||||
| Race | |||||
| d’Ambrosio, Jerome (Virgin Racing) |
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7 pts | Span in the pitlane In a feat yet to have been seen in F1, d’Ambrosio span whilst trying to get to his pit for a new set of tyres. The 90 degree spin to the right luckily did not hit anyone but there was allot of retreating into the garage. The mechanics quickly turned him around to have his proper stop. |
51 | |
| 2011 – Belgian Grand Prix | |||||
| Qualifying | |||||
| d’Ambrosio, Jerome (Virgin Racing) |
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5 pts | d’Ambrosio failed to make the 107% rule but was allowed to race. |
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| 2011 – Italian Grand Prix | |||||
| Race | |||||
| d’Ambrosio, Jerome (Virgin Racing) |
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6 pts | Retired with Gearbox failure. |
2 | |
| Practice | |||||
| d’Ambrosio, Jerome (Virgin Racing) |
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6 pts | Went off at the Rettifilo chicane. Shortly after the Belgian retired from practice with smoke coming from the car due to engine problems. |
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| 2011 – Korean Grand Prix | |||||
| Practice | |||||
| d’Ambrosio, Jerome (Virgin Racing) |
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1 pts | Ran wide in FP2. |
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| 2011 – Indian Grand Prix | |||||
| Practice | |||||
| d’Ambrosio, Jerome (Hispania Racing) |
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3 pts | Crashed exiting turn 11 and impacted the wall damaging three corners of his car. |
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| 2011 – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | |||||
| Race | |||||
| d’Ambrosio, Jerome (Virgin Racing) |
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5 pts | Retired with brake problems. |
16 | |