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Carroll unable to finish at Monza
08 September 2007 / Results / PhotosFMS International driver Adam Carroll was unable to finish the race on Saturday. Carroll started from fifth place on the grid and maintained his position after the lights went out. Unfortunately, after an early pitstop on lap three, the 24-year-old was held up in the pits and emerged in 20th position. It was another safety car ten laps later that allowed Adam to catch up the rest of the field and on the restart he put in a great drive, making up four positions in the first part of the lap. On lap 18, when attempting to overtake Sebastien Buemi for 14th place, Adam lost the rear end of his GP2 car, putting him into a spin. The spin sent him into the tyre wall, making it impossible for the Ulsterman to continue.
Adam Carroll commented: "It hasn't been the best day; I think this is a bad track for me because I've never finished a race here. The first thing that went wrong was the pitstop. I dumped the clutch when the lollipop moved, but there was traffic in the pitlane so we had to stop and the car stalled. I was in the pits twenty seconds longer than I should have been so the problems started there. I pushed as hard as I could after that, I literally couldn't go any faster but at least the car was consistent
"What happened next was really unfortunate. After the restart of the second safety car I got a good run on a few cars in front. I was trying to get past Buemi to get a tow from the cars in front, and as I tried to pass the rear end came round and there wasn't anything I could do to get it back. I'm starting 19th tomorrow which isn't great, but I'll just try my best like I always do, and see what we can get from it."
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