BOF Posted July 17, 2013 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2013 Nope, I do the same. I've watched said documentary and also have a little fascination with that stuff. I'm sure BOF has said in the past that he does too. I do, yes, and as an avid grand prix history buff I have a library of some of the more gruesome stuff. Have you ever seen the full video of Tom Pryce's death? Not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted July 17, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2013 Nope, I do the same. I've watched said documentary and also have a little fascination with that stuff. I'm sure BOF has said in the past that he does too. I do, yes, and as an avid grand prix history buff I have a library of some of the more gruesome stuff. Have you ever seen the full video of Tom Pryce's death? Not good. Thats the fire extinguisher incident right. It's **** horrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 17, 2013 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2013 Yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 17, 2013 Author VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2013 Nope, I do the same. I've watched said documentary and also have a little fascination with that stuff. I'm sure BOF has said in the past that he does too. I do, yes, and as an avid grand prix history buff I have a library of some of the more gruesome stuff. Have you ever seen the full video of Tom Pryce's death? Not good. Yup, more times than I'd like to admit. Roger WIlliamson is another harrowing one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 17, 2013 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2013 The worst one for me is Gilles Villeneuve as he was also IMO the greatest loss ever to F1, and I include Ayrton Senna in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 high maintenance. How did you do that? easy peasy. Don't worry. high maintenance. How did you do that? You just quoted it so you can see the code involved. After all the fun I had with this before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 17, 2013 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2013 No I'd actually forgotten it was you who asked in the past I was just being accommodating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 See, now I've had to go and watch that. Pretty rough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 17, 2013 Author VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2013 There was a french guy who had a really bad one. Jackie Stewart's sort of protege from what I remember Hit a barrier and it sliced him in half. I saw it on a documentary once but couldn't find much about it afterwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 No I'd actually forgotten it was you who asked in the past I was just being accommodating Ah I see That's fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 17, 2013 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2013 See, now I've had to go and watch that. Pretty rough.The backstory to it still boils my blood and it's why I haaaate Didier Pironi and think he got everything he deserved in the end.There was a french guy who had a really bad one. Jackie Stewart's sort of protege from what I remember Hit a barrier and it sliced him in half. I saw it on a documentary once but couldn't find much about it afterwardsThat would be Francois Cevert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 17, 2013 Author VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2013 Yeah that's the badger. Not much footage of it IIRC as it was in qualifying. Probably for the best really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 See, now I've had to go and watch that. Pretty rough. The backstory to it still boils my blood and it's why I haaaate Didier Pironi and think he got everything he deserved in the end. There was a french guy who had a really bad one. Jackie Stewart's sort of protege from what I remember Hit a barrier and it sliced him in half. I saw it on a documentary once but couldn't find much about it afterwards That would be Francois Cevert. There's a video of Stewart talking him through how to take a particular corner before the fatal race. He then died in that exact corner. Not sure whether he heeded Stewart's advise or not, not that it matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 17, 2013 Author VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2013 Yeah I remember in whatever it was that I watched, Stewart saying that he assumed that was how he'd crashed, by taking the corner in a llower gear than Stewart would have had, and so less traction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 (edited) It certainly looks that way from the video I was watching on youtube. Interestingly, we seem to have unearthed a rather unusual correlation between regular gym goers and Formula 1 death enthusiasts. Edited July 17, 2013 by Shillzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Nope, I do the same. I've watched said documentary and also have a little fascination with that stuff. I'm sure BOF has said in the past that he does too. I do, yes, and as an avid grand prix history buff I have a library of some of the more gruesome stuff. Have you ever seen the full video of Tom Pryce's death? Not good. Thats the fire extinguisher incident right. It's **** horrible I have just watched it on youtube - absolutely horrendous. I wasnt even aware of this incident before. Possibly the worst, most horrific formula 1 tradgedy of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 The Tom Pryce/Jansen van Vuuren video is one of the most disturbing things I've seen. Just horrible. At least both knew nothing of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 17, 2013 Author VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2013 (edited) Nope, I do the same. I've watched said documentary and also have a little fascination with that stuff. I'm sure BOF has said in the past that he does too. I do, yes, and as an avid grand prix history buff I have a library of some of the more gruesome stuff. Have you ever seen the full video of Tom Pryce's death? Not good. Thats the fire extinguisher incident right. It's **** horrible I have just watched it on youtube - absolutely horrendous. I wasnt even aware of this incident before. Possibly the worst, most horrific formula 1 tradgedy of all time. Try the Roger Williamson one. What you can actually see is much less gory. But for me that one is way way more harrowing. Imagine how long it would have taken him to die and Purley had to stand there listening to him scream. Makes me shudder. Edited July 17, 2013 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Yeah I've seen that one before, purley is a true human being. The sad part is that no one helped because they all assumed it was Purleys car that was on fire and seeing him out of it just drove past. Such a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 As I am not really a formula 1 fan I am not aware of these incidents apart from the Ayrton Senna one, which everyone knows about. Those who complain it's not as exciting as it used to be should take note of how much safer the sport is now. I don't think I'm gonna watch anymore to be honest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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