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F1: Fisichella Frustrated by Indy Spin
Written by: Adam Cooper
RACER Magazine   http://www.racer.com/speedtv
06/18/2007 - 07:00 PM
Indianapolis, Ind.
 
Fisi went scoreless for the second straight race while teammate Kovalainen again finished in the points at IMS. (LAT Photo) ยป More Photos

Giancarlo Fisichella admits his early spin at Indy cost him another priceless helping of points.

The Italian started on a one-stop strategy and could have finished at least sixth had he not messed up. It was the second disappointment in a week, because in Montreal the Italian lost a possible third place finish when he ran the pit lane red light behind Felipe Massa, earning himself an exclusion.

Meanwhile through the two races his teammate Heikki Kovalainen has established himself in a much stronger position with a fourth and fifth place.

"I'm really sorry about today's result," said Fisichella at Indy. "I lost the car going into Turn 4 on the second lap and compromised my whole race there. The pace was there today and the possibility to finish in the points was very good, so I'm sorry for myself and most of all for the team.

"Once I spun, I had to be very aggressive with my race. The car was very
good through the infield, and I was even able to overtake people offline going through Turns 6 and 7. Once the car had lightened up on fuel load, the pace itself was very, very good. I don't know how I can compare to the other cars and where I would have finished, but, for sure, I would have been in the points, and we would have taken more points off BMW today.

"So it's been a bad two weekends in terms of results, but the car is definitely getting better. We're going in the right direction. I think the next two races will be very important for us."



Catch up on the developments in Formula 1 each month in RACER. Steve Cooper gets the scoop on the decline of the Renault F1 team this season, and its efforts to turn the tide in our July issue, on sale now.