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Alonso's car from yesterday.
Amazing he was able to walk away from it, really.
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A few spoons and Al will have that together in no time.
..but yes, incredible! I guess a combination of some incredible engineering and luck. I heard it happened at around 200mph?!
Watching the replays of the crash it is almost unbelievable that he walked away from that.
And it had no Halo !
He was lucky he had quite a long run out before the final impact, but incredible to think anyone could survive that, let alone walk away.
A tribute to the safety of the current cars and all involved in their design and construction.
Bet he's a bit sore this morning though.
He'd not have flipped without the gravel trap
Kind of looks like my car tbh
This happened on the same weekend, luckily nobody was in the foot tunnel at the time, wouldn't surprise me if racing gets banned there until safety upgrades are made.
MrS
That was a nasty one and good to read no one was seriously injured. I can see both sides of the argument on what to do next and at the least they should investigate options to lessen the risk of another car going in to the tunnel
And it had no Halo !
I think he was very, very lucky.
If you watch the slow-mo of the crash, when the car flips the first time his head was a luckily a foot or so off the ground, and the second rotation the car pivoted partially on the rear end again keeping the worst of the initial impact away from his head.
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He would never had landed on his head anyway. The air intake above their heads is a roll hoop for just this scenario.
Halo isn't being proposed for protection in rolls either; it's for tyre's/debris hitting the drivers head on track.
Good to see the wheel tethers held and they remained attached to the car.
dooosuk - MemberHe would never had landed on his head anyway. The air intake above their heads is a roll hoop for just this scenario.
he certainly could have if the roll hoop had dug into the gravel
This happened on the same weekend, luckily nobody was in the foot tunnel at the time, wouldn't surprise me if racing gets banned there until safety upgrades are made.
Risk assessments and probability though.
What are the odds of it happening again, versus say a high speed crash sending debris into the grandstand or pit lane with no fencing between them and the track?
How deep is the gravel out of interest?
Also a good time to remind ourselves the head protection structures either side of the cockpit in 2016 are now 20mm higher than before and able to resist a compression load of 50N per 30 seconds.
What are the odds of it happening again, versus say a high speed crash sending debris into the grandstand or pit lane with no fencing between them and the track?
no idea.
Oh poop.
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That picture up top is kind of what I would expect ?!?
If it still looked like a car Alonso certainly wouldn't be alive.
Really scary when you see the crash at full speed 😯
FunkyDunc - MemberThat picture up top is kind of what I would expect ?!?
If it still looked like a car Alonso certainly wouldn't be alive.
Looks spectacular though, and a lot of people struggle with the concept of something looking absolutely annihilated being potentially good for the occupants
Wow - what a picture.
Is that rusty water from the radiator or Alonso?
Is that rusty water from the radiator or Alonso?
S****.
Amazing photo, that last one, he apparently said all he could see was ground, sky, ground, sky, ground, sky, had no idea at all where he ended up, and got out of the car quickly so his mum could see he was OK!
Bless!
Do you reckon he put the steering wheel back on, as per regulations, before walking off 🙂
He walked away but did his pants survive?
no idea.
That's the issue with risk assessment, it's far to easy to focus on what if's and not so easy to step back and look at what's most likley. In that area I'd say the pit lane is far more exposed than the tunnel which is only really exposed to that fluke of a car somehow falling vertically down into the hole.
What should really be done, is fencing on the sides of the track where people are on the other side. BUT would a fence designed to stop say a wheel at 70mph, stop a whole car like that?
He looks like he's waiting for a bus, not just climbed out of that 😯
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Fencing's a bit token!
The gold liquid looks like oil bursting out of a radiator hose - would that be right?