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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (30927)	3/6/2003 10:51:48 AM
From: X Y Zebra	Respond to of 57110

LOL... no, that was Jaques Villeneuve in the 2001 Australian GP to his credit, I have to say it was not his fault... the guy in front, (either Juan P Montoya or Ralph Schumaher in a Williams-BMW) did not see him coming at all and slowed right down... or something broke in the car which forced him to slow down suddenly... that was what caused the accident. they were on a straight sector of the track, so no braking or lifting of the gas pedal was expected... Jaques was coming on to him quite strongly, if he was thinking of passing (which I am sure he was), then he would wait to maximize the effect of the vacuum created by the car in front to slip-stream-past him, (that is why you get so close to the other guy's gazziga piper)... however, Montoya/Schumaher suddenly slowed down. It looks as though it caught Jacques by complete surprise.... and rammed the William's rear end.... as for speed... Albert Park is a fast circuit so... They came out of that fast "s" probably in 3rd gear and made 3 gear changes before the accident, that puts them in 6th gear, so they were cooking... --even if they were in 5th gear, it would still be very fast... i suspect he was doing well over 160 or 180 mph (if not faster)... kind a nice "jolt" if you needed one. -g both drivers were ok. [but in my day, i had days like that -gg] p.s. this coming weekend is the start of the 2003 season in Melbourne first GP of the season.