That first one looked brutal, almost 'Hollywood' - was the driver ok? Hope there were no nasty injuries.
That first one looked brutal, almost 'Hollywood' - was the driver ok? Hope there were no nasty injuries.
Struth, that first crash was a shocker!
That's horrific. Looks like the car landed the right way up?
It’s a reminder of how exposed drivers used to be - it was the luck of the draw that the car didn’t land on the track or the barrier with the driver as the first point of contact.
Broken collar bone I understand - very lucky escapeOriginally Posted by Kirk280
Andy
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Alonso in the F1 today
http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-...ustralia.html/
Huge crash for Alonso but at least he had the benefit of modern crash technology. The crash linked below was not only huge, but also in a vintage car with none of that. Amazing that the driver survived with such little injury.
Thankfully there were no serious injuries throughout the outstanding weekend. It was cold though!!
I'm off there for a track day in a couple of weeks. A timely reminder that motorsport is dangerous, and I'll have the grandson in the passenger seat. I'll keep the red mist in check..
Cheers,
Plug
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.
as much as I care for the well being of the said drivers, I just cant get my head around this racing mentality, you go fast in a car, with other cars, taking risks on every corner, for the win etc.
then someone crashes, possibly dies and we call this fun? its like boxing to me, senseless .
Moto GP is another scale of madness altogether.
Horse Racing, Ski Racing, Boxing, Rugby, American Football, Darts (OK, you're most likely to die of heart disease here), etc - Many sports have inherent risks associated with them.
Chess is reasonably safe, I believe...
M
yes, and I seriously dont get any of the above with the exception of darts, football although risky is OK, any full contact sport like Ice Hockey etc. should be banned, and in the distant future I believe it will be, we are just not ready for it yet.
We could just live in a small box - not do anything and then die ?
That sounds like fun.
Life is a risk.. how much risk you fancy is upto you...
Imagine if we all drove at 80mph, three abreast, yards apart jostling for position with 40ft lorries, coaches and loons in repmobiles trying to get to their next sale; separated by a flimsy metal barrier with the same coming in the opposite direction!
Now that would be madness; imagine how many would die in a year if we let this happen.
Not sure if you're serious...
M
Yes and we should all wrap ourselves in bubble wrap just to be on the safe side........as for me, I'm off to the TT for some real excitement..
In 24 years of competing in motorsport my worst injury was getting jagged badly on some gorse bushes after rolling my car on the Galloway Hills Rally. I believe that fishing is the sport that registers the most deaths....
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