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>> even get the one decent 5th gear bend right)
>> and coming out of that very corner, I ran into the back of someone and

>> my car back flipped! At least I think it was a back flip - I just
>> clipped the car and saw blue sky for a couple of seconds. I landed on
>> the air box, and with one of the rear wheels touching the tarmac, the
>> car slowly pirouetted around.

>> I can't think of any was that could happen in real life.

>I can't remember who it was but I recall someone running up the rear of
>another car on the front straight and doing a full 360 degree flip

>> I'd have put a replay of it on the web but I've been running with
>> replays disabled.

>> Oh, and why is no-one talking about F1RS, swapping setups, and so on?
>> Are we all too busy playing?

>> Ken
>> --


>> #include <disclaim>

>> Christian Fittipaldi in a Minardi. Actually, it is even more amazing: he
>> FINISHED THE RACE upside down!!! It was on the last lap and he crossed the line
>> at the moment of the 360! There must be an avi of this event somewhere on the
>> net. I remember seeing it announced in the F1-group.

>Close but no cigarette...  the place was Monza, and the flip occurred at
>the
>beginning of the main straight.  The finish line is roughly halfway the
>main
>straight, and by the time he crossed it he no longer was in the air.

>He did, however, finish the race with unusually small number of wheels
>still
>in place (he had only two wheels left after the flip, if memory serves,
>as
>his car slid to a standstill just past the finish line).

> >Hi!

> >> Christian Fittipaldi in a Minardi. Actually, it is even more
> amazing: he
> >> FINISHED THE RACE upside down!!! It was on the last lap and he
> crossed the line
> >> at the moment of the 360! There must be an avi of this event
> somewhere on the
> >> net. I remember seeing it announced in the F1-group.

> >Close but no cigarette...  the place was Monza, and the flip occurred
> at
> >the
> >beginning of the main straight.  The finish line is roughly halfway
> the
> >main
> >straight, and by the time he crossed it he no longer was in the air.

> >He did, however, finish the race with unusually small number of
> wheels
> >still
> >in place (he had only two wheels left after the flip, if memory
> serves,
> >as
> >his car slid to a standstill just past the finish line).

> Naaa... Nobody's going to complain about THAT little bit of added
> drama. The
> story becomes so much better when you let him cross the finishline
> upsiode down
> :-)

> JoH

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> He did, however, finish the race with unusually small number of wheels
> still in place (he had only two wheels left after the flip, if memory
serves,
> as his car slid to a standstill just past the finish line).