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2012 F1 season review: Worst moments of the year

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    One of the regular features of the end-of season F1 Fanatic review is a look at readers’ least favourite moments of the year.

    What were the lowlights of the season for you? Spell out what you didn’t like about the season and the most popular suggestions will appear in the finished article along with a selection of your quotes.

    #214740
    Bullfrog
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    Nothing was more sickening than reading the headline: “De Villota loses right eye after Duxford crash”.

    But the moments after the Williams garage caught fire at Barcelona were pretty awful too.

    #214741
    matt90
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    The ugliest car to ever win an F1 race. Also, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th ugliest cars to ever win F1 races.

    #214742
    the_sigman
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    Maria de Villiota crash, Williams fire and starting crash at Spa.

    #214743
    Mads
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    Definitely Maria de Villiota’s crash. The waiting until we knew whether she was all right or not was just horrible.

    #214744
    xivizmath
    Participant

    Seeing “DRS is enabled” information.

    #214745
    xbx-117
    Participant

    Yeah, a woman losing her right eye is definitely worse than a nation using a Grand Prix to mask their oppressive regime while the F1 circus goes right along with it.

    For me, the worst moment was hearing Schumacher was retiring. Hate to see him go out like this, but it has definitely been his strongest year and he did at least get a podium.

    #214746
    Anonymous
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    I think I’d agree with some of the posts here and say that the news of de Villota’s crash was the worst moment of the year. I was also saddened by the death of Sid Watkins and by the news of Schumacher’s retirement.

    #214747
    David-A
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    The death of Professor Sid Watkins, without a doubt.

    #214748
    robk23
    Participant

    Getting home from work to see the headline ‘De Villota loses right eye’ is something I’ll remember for a long time, very disturbing and sad. The Bahrain GP fiasco was a low, a country using a sporting event to mask an oppressive regime did nothing but highlight the greed in the upper circle of F1 putting team personnel at risk as was seen with Force India. Fernando Alonso coming within inches of death at Spa was shocking, as was the inadequacy of the fire and rescue services in Barcelona.

    #214749
    James_mc
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    Di Villota’s accident – incredibly saddening

    The Bahrain Grand Prix and the lack of awareness by certain members within the F1 fraternity. Never have I been so ashamed to be an F1 fan

    A more personal one – Watching less F1 than I have in the past 10 years or so. A lot due to the carving up of rights in the UK, and even if it had been on free-to-air I doubt I would have watched the Bahrain race out of shame.

    #214750
    Craig Woollard
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    Bahrain for me… Seeing Hamilton leave McLaren will leave a sour taste too. The Williams fire and Villota’s crash were also not great things to see in one respect but showed how strong the F1 community is in other respects.

    As for on-track action, the Spa crash really was a nasty one, and the many McLaren cock-ups.

    #214751
    raymondu999
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    The breakdown of the McLaren-Hamilton partnership. Sad to see a partnership that started out so lovingly has broken down to this state.

    De Villota was another. I saw the reports of what her skull looked like thanks to the crash – and for those weak of heart I don’t recommend you go googling that picture.

    Saddening too that Frank Williams has needed to take on 2 drivers bringing sponsorship packages.

    #214752
    Njack
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    Schumacher’s retirement announcement.

    Mclaren letting down Hamilton in several races in addition to the other misfortune he’s had throughout the year, depriving the fans of a three way fight for the title in the last two races.

    #214753
    Kingshark
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    The death of Professor Sid Watkins, without a doubt.

    This for me too.

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