Quote Originally Posted by Kirk280 View Post
That first one looked brutal, almost 'Hollywood' - was the driver ok? Hope there were no nasty injuries.
I was standing about 50 yards away on that bank to the left when that happened. I saw the Cooper go wide out of the chicane and then come back on track. I didn't see the Lotus cartwheeling but, a few minutes later, saw it upside down in the pedestrian tunnel.

It was very nearly the end of this sort of racing at the MM and Revival. Thank heavens above that the tunnel was empty at the time and that the loose wheel didn't hit anyone. I've stood in that tunnel in the past with queues going both ways. It could have turned out very differently today.

But on a lighter note, the ground effect F1 cars were simply awesome. Oh, if only modern F1 was still like that.