Dodgyknees Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 On phone so can't post photos. Check out @speedmonkeycouk's Tweet: https://twitter.com/speedmonkeycouk/status/518706042914738176 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I think this llooks really bad you know. The more I see the worse it seems. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 His father has confirmed he has suffered head trauma, is being operated on and is in critical condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 On phone so can't post photos. Check out @speedmonkeycouk's Tweet: https://twitter.com/speedmonkeycouk/status/518706042914738176 Sadly its difficult to see how he can survive that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 From looking at the pictures it looks like he went into the jcb head on and only stopped at the cockpit area. In a critical condition apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Check out @J_Howes09's Tweet: https://twitter.com/J_Howes09/status/518769701162586112 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Check out @J_Howes09's Tweet: https://twitter.com/J_Howes09/status/518769701162586112 Holy shit that is horrific Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 jesus christ. well he's out of surgery and breathing on his own now, so that's a positive start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlewis Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 he won't be driving in F1 again looking at those photos.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Changes will have to be made after today. Its hard to see how he can ever get into an F1 car again, not that it matters at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 changes to the speed limits maybe but it was just really bad luck and bad timing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 5, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted October 5, 2014 Can't really tell from those photos to be honest. The first one where you can see the wheels under the jcb looks bad, but then that one looks like maybe he got away with just a big bang on the head. Which is obviously bad, but when I first saw the wheel one I thought he'd be lucky to still have his head at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Can't really tell from those photos to be honest. The first one where you can see the wheels under the jcb looks bad, but then that one looks like maybe he got away with just a big bang on the head. Which is obviously bad, but when I first saw the wheel one I thought he'd be lucky to still have his head at all! Exactly. But really sure how anyone can tell anything at all from those pics, not a single one show the impact. I see there is some annoyance over the showing of such pics, but to my mind the potential for horror has and always will be a part of the sport. If you can't stomach it at its very worst then maybe you shouldn't watch it at all. Controversial opinion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Just seen the video on facebook, pretty horrible. Filmed from the crowd. He really smashes into the truck at the worst possible angle. Looks like he does go under it and out the otherside . Look like someone on fb called Ricardo Landi posted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlewis Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 There is a video of the crash. on FB so cannot share it. it's pretty bad tbh, The sudden stop alone would have caused damage, aside from the fact there's no way his head avoided contact with the tractor looking at the central vent getting buttered of the car. the speed was much faster than I first thought. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=848762625154580 it's pretty bad, not for faint hearted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Jesus Christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 It's bad, but there's no conclusive evidence there that his head hits the JCB. I hope not anyway. Fingers crossed for him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Blimey he is travelling some speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Bloody hell, to move a JCB like that he would have hit that with a huge amount of force. Hope he pulls through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 First rule change, the recovery vehicles should have panels all around them going down to the ground so in the event of an impact like this cars cannot go underneath them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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