Maldonado recently lost his race seat at Lotus when the team was bought by Renault. [44] He then jumped the start of the race, and was deemed to cause a collision with Marussia's Timo Glock, resulting in two separate 5-place grid penalties, so was demoted by 10 places in Monza. Spins out of the race by himself at Turn 1 on lap 25. Speeds in the pitlane and receives a penalty for doing so. Aston Martin seeks permanent F1 DRS solution after lubricant fix in Baku, Pastor Maldonado talking to F1 teams about 2017 return, Pastor Maldonado talking to F1 teams about 2017 return He encapsulated the win or die-trying attitude, and while he was not necessarily more accident-prone than his peers, when he did crash, it tended to be spectacular as were his resulting tantrums. Pastor Maldonado, We Hardly Knew Ye - vice.com 1M views 7 years ago. Belgian GP: Pastor Maldonado says F1 practice crash 'very unlucky', Criticism now part of Lotus F1 driver Pastor Maldonado's life, Criticism now part of Lotus F1 driver Pastor Maldonado's life Maldonado was later promoted to his first pole position in his Formula One career after Hamilton was excluded from the results of qualifying, due to having insufficient fuel in his car. Collides with Adrian Sutil and damages the car on lap 1. In the first five races of his first season in the Championship, 1995, the pay driver spun off in three. After five seasons, two teams, one win and crash after crash after crash, Pastor 'Crashtor' Maldonado is riding off into the sunset. Pastor Maldonado - the professional racing driver more famous for not being able to drive - is leaving F1. "I don't see any concrete opportunity for Formula One this year," his agent, Nicolas Todt, told Reuters' Alan Baldwin. At the Bahrain Grand Prix, Maldonado collided with Esteban Gutirrez after making a pit stop, causing Gutirrez's car to roll. Maldonado turned down uncompetitive F1 seat but return is possible, Pastor Maldonado hoped for F1 return after Nico Rosberg retirement, Pastor Maldonado hoped for F1 return after Nico Rosberg retirement In Europe, Maldonado qualified third but dropped to fifth after the start and tenth after pitting under a safety car halfway through the race. His crash-happy nature continued into the premiere series of racing, with the then 26-year-old colliding with Lewis Hamilton at Monaco, before spinning out of the Canada race and then deliberately sideswiping Hamilton during qualifying at Spa, for which he received a five-place grid penalty. Grosjean is pushed off the track and retires with damage. [45] Maldonado started the race in 22nd and finished in 11th, just 0.5 seconds behind Senna, who finished in the final points-paying position. Collided with teammate Grosjean and damaged his rear wing. Pastor Maldonado 'very, very annoying' - Sauber F1 boss Kaltenborn, Maldonado penalty for Ericsson Interlagos clash 'harsh', says Lotus, Maldonado penalty for Ericsson Interlagos clash 'harsh', says Lotus August 15th 2020 - Last updated: May 13th 2022. His poor end to the season was magnified in Abu Dhabi; where he qualified 17th and started 23rd (after a ten-place grid penalty for using a 9th engine), and served a drive-through, and later a 30-second time penalty after the race, both for ignoring blue flags. Maldonado received a 5-second penalty as a result. In Hungary, Maldonado qualified eighth, but a poor start dropped him to twelfth after lap one and thirteenth after the pitstops. Follow me on Twitter for updates when I publish new articles and for other (mostly) F1-related news and banter: Pastor Maldonado at the 2015 Singapore Grand Prix. [26] It was then reported that Maldonado was close to signing a deal to be test and reserve driver for the Stefan Grand Prix team, which attempted to compete in the 2010 season following the withdrawal of the US F1 Team, which left a theoretical space for another new team. Pastor also competed in the 2019 24 Hours of Daytona in the LMP2 category, also with DragonSpeed and alongside Roberto Gonzlez, Sebastin Saavedra and Ryan Cullen. crambno29 R. 19.9K subscribers. Registered at Goodwood House, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0PX. His misadventures have triggered countless parodies, memes, and even a website called hasmaldonadocrashedtoday.com. Maldonado was a target for a Campos Meta seat in 2010. Pastor Maldonado shrugs off criticism from F1 fans, Pastor Maldonado is better than he gets credit for says Lotus team, Pastor Maldonado is better than he gets credit for says Lotus team And 2012 Brazilian GP, after a brilliant first lap, he binned it at Turn 3. [3] When Maldonado was four years old, he started competing in BMX racing and won a national championship. However, it all went downhill when he joined the Super Aguri F1 team in 2006. [18] He took his first victory in only his fourth race in the series with a commanding win at Monaco. Runs off the road by himself and damages the car on lap 14. Analysis: Was Pastor Maldonado poised for an F1 breakthrough? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 2023 enterF1.com. After winning the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 title in 2004, he finished third in the 2006 Formula Renault 3.5 championship, taking three wins and five pole positions (and losing the title thanks to a disqualification for technical noncompliance).
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