Grand Prix of Malaysia F1 2011: the flight of Petrov and the breakdown of the steering column

For me one of the shocking scenes of this race of Malaysia, to not be so. Vitaly Petrov track output to three laps from the end if I am not mistaken, with the subsequent jump to catch a spice of slope to return to track, and that he threw with a rupture of the column of the address of the seat of the Russian. A major shock for us but I imagine that him for much more.
The dangerousness of the moment has been benefited by the non-existent traffic after Petrov (stuck to it, understand it, there was no one), but it was a tense moment when we see Petrov down marches with the steering wheel in the air. What at first seemed to smiplemente a desenganchado flywheel has resulted in starting column, and that says a lot about the violence of the coup.

First thing I'm happy that we have achieved another podium, so we can consider this a great beginning of Championship. High performance of the team in an unusual race. I had a small mistake that should not have taken the consequences. I went long and the car took off, landing hard. The two cars should have been in the points today, but the good news is that we have the pace needed to be competitive this season.

For Sebastian Vettel too many buttons and controls in steering wheel

Too many buttons and too many distractions for the pilot. sebastian vettel is very clear with this, and although it is not a rigorous topical news (has a few days), it was chambered in to comment a little more in-depth. The news of last week was that Vettel was criticised on the one hand the KERSand the large number of controls on the steering wheel, which would make driving difficult "as if he were speaking by mobile phone".
To this there are two reactions, at the moment, part of David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen. Both pilots try to Polish Vettel statements saying that on the one hand Hakkinen, taciturn: "I don't think that it's a problem".
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On the other hand, David Coulthard grants:

is clear that it will be difficult, but This is F1, the elite of the motor sport. Sebastian is a great pilot and will be able to succeed even with everything else. Formula 1 is a technological sport

It is interesting to see how young pilots criticize the botoneria and the number of shares in the cockpit that needs to be done, beyond the "simple" fact of staying focused on the steering wheel and the brake and accelerator. In addition to the radio, the drink, the distributions of braking and more traditional things, now you have to activate the mobile spoiler and the KERS.
It would be less funny, for me, that Schumacher and Barrichello, or even Trulli quejasen it, but do so Sebastian Vettel, with his age, seems to me significant that there is something that some pilots may miss, as it is that their successes depend on more than his piloting that ability with the buttons. It can be that we (or I in particular) give too many laps, and may myself be of those who love a Formula 1 engine by gross benefits, but enjoys listening to engines with manual transmission, with latencies between marchas… But this is Formula 1.