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Date:         Mon, 6 Apr 1992 11:28:00 EST
Reply-To:     "WILLIAMS-RENAULT ALL THE WAY..." <ALTSOURINAKI@VASSAR.BITNET>
From:         "WILLIAMS-RENAULT ALL THE WAY..." <ALTSOURINAKI@VASSAR.BITNET>
Subject:      F1 GP OF BRAZIL - Idia gevsi...

O tritos agwnas tou fetinou pagkosmiou prwtathlimatos tis F1,egine xthes stin
pista tou interlagos sto Sao Paolo tis Brazilias.Gia na min sas kourasw adika,
o agwnas aftos kath'aftos den eixe kai tromero endiaferon  (an kai itan kapws
kalyteros ap'tous dyo proigoumenous),alla ta paraskinia prin kai meta ap'to GP
einai kata ti gnwmi mou ta pio endiaferonta twn teleftaiwn etwn!!

Opws itan gnwsto ki ap'tis antapokriseis tou filou mou tou Manou apo UPenn,
i omada tis Williams-Renault me to fetino tis yper-aftokinito,kyriarxise sta
qualifying Paraskevis kai Savvatou,kai sta warm-up sessions tis Kyriakis prin
ton agwna,me 1-2 twn Mansell kai Patrese.Afto isws itan kai anamenomeno meta ta
dyo prwta GP.H McLaren-Honda,an kai ekane qualify me ta palia aftokinita,
profanws katw ap'tin piesi twn peristasewn,erixe ston agwna pro.i.ma kai tis dyo
kainourgies MP4/7A,me ton kainourgio kinitira tis Honda kai to imi-aftomato
kivwtio.Afti itan mia periergi kinisi,dioti perimena oti toulaxisto o Berger
tha etrexe me to palio kai thewritika dokimasmeno aftokinito,gia tin sygkomidi
kapoiwn bathmwn,opws ekane kai sto Mexico.H seira tis ekkinisis loipon itan:
Mansell,Patrese,Senna,Berger,Schumacher,Alesi.

Me to pou arxise loipon i metadosi,ola ta aftokinita evalan se leitourgia tous
kinitires tous,oi mixanikoi apomakrynthikan ap'tin pista,kai efygan gia to gyro
tou zestamatos...ola plin tou Berger!! H nea McLaren-Honda den ksekinise
katholou,kai xreiastike na tin sprwxoun sta pits kai n'arxisei o Berger apo 'kei
ton agwna.Den xreiazotan na einai kaneis mantis gia na katalavei ti eixe
symvei.Oi mixanikoi tis McLaren amesws koitaxan to timoni kai to mixanismo
tou imi-aftomatou kivwtiou,o opoios eixe kiolas parousiasei provlima!!

H ekkinisi dothike xwris ton Berger,kai o Patrese me eklpiktiki sveltada,
petaxtike brosta ap'ton Mansell,o opoios ws synithws patwntas poly gkazi,
spiniarise tous pisw troxous tis Williams-Renault kai exase polytimo xrono.Me
ton Patrese brosta,arxise loipon o agwnas.To plano loipon allaxe,kai mas
edeixan ton Berger n'arxizei ton agwna ap'ta pits,pragma pou simaine oti stin
kalyteri periptwsi,i McLaren arxize ton agwna m'ena sovarotato meionektima,se
sxesi me tis dyo Williams.

Oi dyo Williams-Renault,efygan brosta anenoxlites,kai o Patrese afou ston prwto
gyro ekleise tin porta mia fora ston Mansell apofasistika,synexise na odigei
poly grigora,deixnontas etsi kai emprakta oti fetos stin omada tis Williams
ontws den yparxoun team orders,kai "may the best man win".Apo pisw tous,o Senna
me tin kainourgia McLaren-Honda,itan epikefalis enos group 10-12
aftokinitwn,ena plano pou eilikrina eixa na dw xronia!!Ena olokliro "fidi" apo
aftokinita,na pigainei gyrw ap'tin pista me ton Senna epikefali.

Prin na perasei polli wra,ki enw oi dyo Williams etrexan gia alli mia fora ston
diko tous rythmo,o Berger anagkastike na stamatisei logw provlimatwn sto
imi-aftomato kivwtio.Evgenikos opws panta,eipe ston pit reporter tou ESPN oti
itan krima,dioti olo to Savvatokyriako to neo kivwtio eixe doulepsei kala,kai
ksafnika ston agwna den ekane tipota.Se analogo comment tou sxoliasti,o Berger
epivevaiwse me analogi kinisi tou kefaliou oti i McLaren exei akoma polli
douleia na kanei...En tw metaxy,o Senna den ta pigaine kai poly kalytera mesa
ston agwna.Profanws unfamiliar me to kainourgio aftokinito,o Senna ligo prin
tin eftheia twn 195 mph kai katw ap'tin piesi tou apithanou Schumacher,exase
mia allagi taxytitas,me apotelesma o Schumacher na ton perasei alla na
anagkastei na kanei pisw sto telos tis eftheias,se mia kinisi tou Senna pou oso
omorfi ki an itan,eimai sigouros oti tha travixei tin prosoxi twn kritwn kai
tis FISA gia tin orthotita tis...

Enw o Patresse odigouse stathera ki o Mansell akolouthouse kata podas,o Ayrton
Senna bike sta pits me fora,sa na ithele n'allaxei lastixa,opws allwste kai oi
talaipwroi antrwpoi tis McLaren-Honda eixan arxika nomisei.Stamatise brosta
tous,evgale me fanero thymo ti zwni kai to visma tou intercom,kai bike sta
pits.Fysika,o anthrwpos tou ESPN oute kan tolmise na tou parei synentefksi,mia
kai o Brazilianos assos den fimizetai gia to ithos tou,oute mesa alla oute ki
eksw ap'tis pistes.

Meta tin exodo kai twn dyo McLaren,ta pragmata iremisan kapws.O apithanos
Schumacher me tin Benetton-Ford,vrethike stin triti thesi kai synexise na
odigei grigora,enw oi dyo Williams-Renault eixan idi arxisei na doublaroun ta
prwta arga aftokinita.Logw tis "sklirotitas"tis pistas,eixe ypologistei kai mia
stasi gia elastika,gegonos pou me ekane na anisyxw gia tin Williams,meta ap'to
perysino fiasko stin Portogalia.Prwtos ap'olous bike o Schumacher,meta o
Brundle episis tis Benetton,kai telos irthe i seira tou Mansell.Edw vevaia,gia
na eimaste kai dikaioi,isws na leitourgisan kai team orders.M'ena stop gyrw sta
7.5 secs,o Mansell vrethike se optiki epafi ap'ton Patrese,alla me kainourgia
lastixa sto kynigi gia tin prwti thesi.Pragmati,otan bike o Patrese gia allagi
elastikwn,ekane 8.5 secs,kai mazi me tis alles mikrokathysteriseis,vrethike
stin defteri thesi pisw ap'ton Mansell.O Nigel,anaktwntas tin prwtia arxise na
kineitai se rythmous pou mono ekeinos gnwrizei,kai anoixe mia diafora gyrw sta
16 secs ap'ton Patrese.Vevaia,an eixe bei gia lastixa prwtos o Patrese,
eimai sigouros oti ta pragmata tha itan diaforetika,alla eipame,oi skopimotites
einai ki aftes meros twn agwnwn.

En tw metaxy kai mexri na teleiwsei o agwnas,eginan diafores faseis.Se mia maxi
gia tin tetarti thesi metaxy Alesi kai Brundle,o Gallos odigos tis Ferrari
ekleise ton Brundle sto telos tis eftheias twn pits,kai malista sygkroustike
mazi tou.H Benetton efyge amesws ektos dromou,enw i Ferrari akinitopoiithike
alla borese na ksekinisei kai na synexisei ton agwna.Se synentefxi sta pits,
o Brundle itan katigorimatikos,kai orthos kata tin apopsi mou:"Me ekleise 4
synexomenes fores s'afto to simeio,kai tin 5i fora,me petaxe panw ston
tsimentenio toixo.Meta to symvan stin Iapwnia metaxy Senna-Prost prin dyo
xronia,symfwnisame oti kaneis den prepei na odigei epikindyna.Exei symfwnithei
oti o odigos pou exei tin "grammi" tin krataei,alla afto den synevi simera".
An kai to plano itan poly ksafniko kai prepei na to ksanadw se slow motion,mou
fanike oti o Alesi edeixe ypermetro zilo stin parempodisi tou Brundle,ki eimai
sigouros oti tha yparxei ki edw antidrasi apo plevras tis FISA.

Ena allo peristatiko synevi metaxy twn dyo Liger-Renault tou Comas kai tou
Boutsen:pali sto telos tis eftheias twn 195 mph,o Boutsen pou itan tritos s'ena
group apo aftokinita,prospathise me ti mia na perasei oxi mono tin alli Ligier
tou Comas pou itan akrivws brosta tou,alla kai tin Lotus tou Herbert,enw
fainotan oti den eixe ta fonta gia kati tetoio.Kathws o Herbert frenarize gia
tin kleisti aristeri strofi,o Comas blokarise tous troxous tou dioti fainetai
oti koitaze pio poly stous kathreftes para brosta tou,enw o eperxomenos
Boutsen,strimwxtike metaxy tsimenteniou toixou kai Comas,kai "petyxe" kai tous
dyo,afairwntas etsi tin "peritti" pisw aerotomi tis Ligier tou.O Herbert vgike
ki aftos ektos dromou xwris na ftaiei katholou,enw o Comas synexise gia ligo
akomi alla anagkastike na egkataleipsei ligo argotera me pligwmeno
kivwtio,ap'ton embolismo tou omostavlou tou.H tromeri plaka itan pantws oti se
synentefkseis sta pits meta to symvan,kai oi dyo odigoi tis Ligier periegrapsan
to atyxima me entelws diaforetiko tropo:"Nomiza oti tha boresw na perasw kai
tous dyo,kai otan eida oti afto itan adynato,erixa to aftokinito mou panw ston
toixo gia na min xtypisw ton Comas",eipe o Boutsen alla to video deixnei oti
aftos o tonos aftothysias pou edwse sto atyxima,einai mallon travigmenos ap'ta
malia!!!

Oi dyo Williams termatisan me diafora 20 secs i mia ap'tin alli,exontas omws
dwsei gyro se ola ta alla aftokinita (!!!),akoma kai ston Schumacher pou
termatise tritos! Ap'ola ta xronia pou parakolouthw agwnes F1,tetoia epikratisi
den exw ksanadei! Pisw ap'ton Schumacher termatisan oi dyo Ferrari twn Alesi
kai Capelli,pragmatopoiwntas mia kali kai polla yposxomena emfanisi,kai tin
exada symplirwse o agerastos Michele Alboreto me tin Footwork-Mugen Honda.

RACE: 1.Mansell 2.Patrese 3.Schumacher 4.Alesi 5.Capelli 6.Alboreto

DRIVERS CHAMP: Mansell 30pts, Patresse 18, Schumacher 11, Senna 4.

CONTRUCTORS CHAMP: Williams-Renault 48pts, Benetton-Ford 11, McLaren-Honda 7.

Ta paraskinia tou agwna einai ontws tromera polyploka.Opws poly swsta
paratirise xthes o Bob Hobbs,palios kai empeiros odigos agwnwn,i McLaren-Honda
piastike toso poly ston ypno ap'to yper-aftokinito tis Williams,pou stin
prospatheia tis n'antidrasei egkaira,paraviase ta sxedia tis,kai tote einai pou
ola pane strava.H prwimi parousiasi tis fanera adokimastis MP4/7A,itan mega
lathos apo plevras Ron Dennis,kai fanike ap'to apotelesma tou agwna.O de Senna
tha einai twra sta prothyra nevrikou klonismou,blepontas tin maxi gia to
prwtathlima na ksefevgei ap'ton elegxo tou,kai tin omada tou na min borei
n'antidrasei egkaira.Apodeixi twn megalwn piesewn pou yparxoun stin omada tis
McLaren,itan ki ena pragmatika proklitiko "kleisimo" pou ekane o Senna ston
Mansell sta dokimastika tou Savvatou.O Mansell erxomenos apo pisw se dexia
anoixti strofi thelise na prosperasei ton Senna,alla o defteros ton ekleise
fanera kai frenarontas anagkase ton Mansell na rixei tin Williams panw ston
toixo,prokalwntas mikres zimies.Sygkrinete dilwseis:"itan lathos epikoinwnias
kai de nomizw oti ypirxe skopimotita" eipe o Mansell amesws meta."Itan ena
vlakwdes lathos apo plevras Mansell",eipe o Senna...

H Williams-Renault,exei mexri stigmis epikratisei katholika,fernontas 1-2 se
qualifying sessions,warm-up sessions kai agwnes oli ti saizon,kati to opoio
nomizw oti apotelei record.Einai ekpliktiki i epikratisi  tis Gallo-Brettanikis
omadas,ki an skeftei kaneis oti se dyo agwnes tha emfanistei kai kainourgia
Williams (FW 15 anti tis twrinis FW 14B),ta pragmata ginontai kwmiko-tragika
gia tis ypoloipes omades.Nomizw omws oti stis 4 evdomades pou apomenoun mexri
to epomeno GP stin Barkelwni,i McLaren-Honda tha emfanistei proetoimasmeni kai
arketa apeilitiki,dioti an synexistei i kyriarxia tis Williams kai stous
epomenous treis agwnes tou Maiou (3/5 Barkelwni,17/5 San Marino,31/5 Monaco)
tote to fetino prwtathlima tha exei sigoura gyrei pros ti meria twn Evropaikwn
dynamewn,pragma pou se megalo pososto exei idi ginei.

Afta pros to parron.Ligo makroskelis i simerini analysi,alla nomizw oti axizei
na vlepei kaneis pisw ap't'apotelesmata kai tis vathmologies,giati ekei
kryvetai gia 'mena i mageia tis F1.

kalimera se olous,

Alexis Tsourinakis
Vassar College.
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