Stevo985 Posted November 19, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2018 from about 10 seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark359 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 That crash is so bad, could easily of been a stand of spectators she was hitting at a different track as easily cleared the catch fence. I am amazed no one has died, look at 30 seconds in there is a marshal lying on the floor under where the car is falling. I think I read 5 people were hospotialised but I am not sure how badly injured, i know the driver has spinal damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, mark359 said: That crash is so bad, could easily of been a stand of spectators she was hitting at a different track as easily cleared the catch fence. I am amazed no one has died, look at 30 seconds in there is a marshal lying on the floor under where the car is falling. I think I read 5 people were hospotialised but I am not sure how badly injured, i know the driver has spinal damage. That marshall is lying on the floor because he/she was sent flying over there by the metal pole in the fence when the car hit.(watch closely at 14/15 seconds, they are stood with their back to the track & turns around just in time to be smashed by the metal pole which knocks them over) Presumably they were out cold when the car landed on them and are VERY lucky to be alive Edited November 19, 2018 by LakotaDakota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 19, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, mark359 said: That crash is so bad, could easily of been a stand of spectators she was hitting at a different track as easily cleared the catch fence. I am amazed no one has died, look at 30 seconds in there is a marshal lying on the floor under where the car is falling. I think I read 5 people were hospotialised but I am not sure how badly injured, i know the driver has spinal damage. Driver had a spinal fracture. I think Marshalls were only minor injuries. One photographer had a facial fracture and lacerations and one had a lacerated liver. But apparently all expected to fully recover. Its genuinely amazing nobody died there. Touch wood no complications. Edit: apologies it was the Marshall with facial injuries and fracture. Presumably the one pictured. The first photographer had a concussion. Edited November 19, 2018 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 I'd love to know what happened further back because they were coming into a low speed corner and she had scrubbed nothing through braking. Hopefully, there's a parts failure or else someone's career should be in question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Seems it was shortly after a safety car but she was going at least 100mph too fast for that corner when she took off. Something must have gone wrong somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatAboutTheFinish Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 21 minutes ago, villakram said: I'd love to know what happened further back because they were coming into a low speed corner and she had scrubbed nothing through braking. Hopefully, there's a parts failure or else someone's career should be in question. I've seen a couple of other angles and she clips another car, spins and then hits the kerb travelling backwards. I don't know much about aerodynamics but I guess cars designed to produce great downforce going forward produce the opposite effect in reverse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 This seems to be the best view from the other side. Shows her hurtling backwards down the track at speed long before hitting the car that sends her flying through the air. Apparently caused by a marshall briefly waving a yellow (incorrectly) which made the car in front of her brake, she hit it, span and flew backwards down the track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark359 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 16 hours ago, LakotaDakota said: Seems it was shortly after a safety car but she was going at least 100mph too fast for that corner when she took off. Something must have gone wrong somewhere i think she lost 2 wheels in the initial impact (i would guess not having wheels makes breaking a struggle ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 On 18/11/2018 at 10:52, Stevo985 said: Not F1, but an absolutely horrendous crash at the F3 in Macau this weekend. Apparently the driver (a 17 year old girl) is conscious as are some photographers and Marshalls who were caught up in it. Its a scary one though words removed, phones out straight away. Disaster porn clearings in the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 20, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 20, 2018 She’s so lucky she hit that metal structure. Quite lot of give in it by the looks of it. If she’d hit the concrete building behind she’d be a gonner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Interesting chat with an F1 engineer BBC radio 4 Quote Formula One engineer Caroline Hargrove talks to Jim Al-Khalili. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 20, 2018 Author Moderator Share Posted November 20, 2018 18 hours ago, LakotaDakota said: This seems to be the best view from the other side. Shows her hurtling backwards down the track at speed long before hitting the car that sends her flying through the air. Apparently caused by a marshall briefly waving a yellow (incorrectly) which made the car in front of her brake, she hit it, span and flew backwards down the track. From that angle how f**king blessed is Sho Tsuboi not to have been decapitated as she launched off his car. Fookin' 'ell. People are rightly saying how mental it is that halo isn't yet mandatory in F3. I suspect it will be from here on in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 21, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 21, 2018 (edited) 18 hours ago, BOF said: From that angle how f**king blessed is Sho Tsuboi not to have been decapitated as she launched off his car. Fookin' 'ell. People are rightly saying how mental it is that halo isn't yet mandatory in F3. I suspect it will be from here on in. Yeah I hadn't noticed that at all from the other angles. I think he had to go to hospital with "a sore neck". I'd take that in the circumstances! I think I read that the halo is mandatory in all FIA open cockpit racing from 2020. Edited November 21, 2018 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 21, 2018 Author Moderator Share Posted November 21, 2018 More and more reports doing the rounds now amongst reputable sources that Robert Kubica to Williams is a done deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 21, 2018 Author Moderator Share Posted November 21, 2018 5 hours ago, Stevo985 said: Yeah I hadn't noticed that at all from the other angles. I think he had to go to hospital with "a sore neck". And guess who was the one driver I wanted to see, given his redonkulous record in this season's All-Japan F3 championship ??? Exactly. Quote 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 20 hours ago, BOF said: More and more reports doing the rounds now amongst reputable sources that Robert Kubica to Williams is a done deal Confirmed. Amazing news. I mean, at Williams presumably he's going to be trundling round the back end, but nevertheless, to come back into F1 after 8 years with only one fully functioning hand is crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 22, 2018 Author Moderator Share Posted November 22, 2018 1 minute ago, Rodders said: Confirmed. Amazing news. I mean, at Williams presumably he's going to be trundling round the back end, but nevertheless, to come back into F1 after 8 years with only one fully functioning hand is crazy I don't think it's a given that they'll be trundling around at the back. For a start the drivers alone are a massive upgrade so they'd probably have made a better fist of this season than the current lot. Add in the rule changes which can always shake things up. Then the intangible motivation back at Grove by just having these 2 drivers on board could be worth 10%. The problem is the grid looks good next season. Even Sauber are getting Kimi on board. STR are the obvious target, and I don't particularly rate Kvyat. We'll see who else comes on board. Either Albon or Ticktum would be the hope, rather than regurgitating another failure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Really hope this isn't the last we see of Alonso in F1 after this weekend, my favourite driver and the last few years for him have been so disappointing. Crazy that he never added to his 2 World Championships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Farlz said: Really hope this isn't the last we see of Alonso in F1 after this weekend, my favourite driver and the last few years for him have been so disappointing. Crazy that he never added to his 2 World Championships. There's a great article on the BBC about Alonso. It's in 4 parts and well worth a read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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