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- Steinr, on 04/28/2008, -1/+5holy ****
- namenotused, on 04/28/2008, -1/+5As mentioned above, these Le Mans cars certainly do like to fly
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ow3rxq7U1mA - sagat, on 04/28/2008, -2/+6That dude needs to buy a lottery ticket.
- Tombag, on 04/28/2008, -1/+4This and Kovalainen's Barcelona shunt in one day. I'm not surprised that took off though, consider that was the end of a long straight just coming into the braking zone he wouldn't have scrubbed off much speed. Once on the uneven grass the Le Mans sports cars just need a little bit of lift, they're so light and act like a giant wing should air get beneath it.
Those of you who remember the airborne Mercedes' and Porsche will know what I mean. Glad he's okay, crashes like this could still be fatal many forget... - dilbert, on 04/28/2008, -0/+3Never believe, always be sure. Senna died in San Marino, not Monza.
- thecosmicpope, on 04/28/2008, -0/+3The last driver to die in an accident at Monza was Ronnie Peterson in 1978. During the multi-car accident he received massive injuries to his legs, but was not thought to be in any danger of death. Complications during surgery in hospital meant he died a day later.
The last death at an event was a marshall at the 2000 Italian GP who was hit in the head with a wheel during a large accident at the second chicane. - draculthemad, on 04/28/2008, -1/+4Crazy flight time on that.
Yeah he was lucky, but modern engineering deserves some of that too. - kakwakas, on 04/28/2008, -1/+3Brutal!
- jameswater2, on 04/28/2008, -2/+4Holy crap! In Tony Hawk I would get like 20,000 points for that.
- thecosmicpope, on 04/28/2008, -0/+2Just because it was taking place in Monza, doesn't make it Italian. There is an English version uploaded on YouTube as well, but that doesn't mean the accident was magically teleported to Silverstone.
- fokov, on 04/28/2008, -0/+1Yea it is quit amazing how much safer engineers have made cars in general these days, especially race cars. I'm a casual Nascar fan, watching mostly for crashes and never as my main activity. You can watch someone crash at 200 mph do barrel rolls, get slammed by other cars and into a wall, then walk away with a few bumps and bruises. Simply amazing.
- thecosmicpope, on 04/28/2008, -0/+1I meant the video of the 911 GT1 blow-over at Homestead doesn't exist. There is videos of the Dumbreck CLR accident, photos of one of Mark Webbers CLR accidents, a video of the 911 GT1 blow-over at Road Atlanta, and some photos of the 911 GT1 blow-over at Homestead.
The Homestead accident was the Semi-works Zakspeed 911 GT1 entry. Coming off the banking into the infield road course he got sideways at high speed into the grass and blow over in the "wrong direction", similar to Ortellis accident. Photos of that one: http://www.1998.motorracetime.de/fiagt/homestead/h ... - Tombag, on 04/28/2008, -0/+1Agreed, they were totally dissimilar incidents in how they happened. However the point I was making is that whether it be a fault in the car design or simply heading over grass sideways or any other way, once air gets between the car and ground it's like running with a large bit of cardboard. The amound of surface area on the underside of the car will undoubtedly win.
You say there aren't videos but 'namenotused' has linked one of the CLR crashes and here is the GT1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC--Oyn4oGY Neither of Mark Webber's CLR flips were captured though. - thecosmicpope, on 04/28/2008, -0/+1The Mercedes CLR and Porsche 911 GT1s managed to take off on crest of hills though, whilst going forwards, which shows issues with the aerodynamics of the cars. One people tend to forget because there is no video of it, only photos, is in 98 the 911 GT1 had a blow over at Homestead during practice as well.
Unfortunately there isn't much you can do when the car is travelling backwards. NASCAR has a great and simple solution in the form of roof flaps, but they don't really apply to LM Prototypes such as this.
It was a rough couple of days for motorsport accidents. Dario Franchitti suffered a broke left ankle in Saturdays Nationwide Race when he was T-boned in the driver side door after he spun when a tyre cut down. A few large accidents in the NASCAR Events too, but as it was Talladega this was expected really. - 3leggedHorse, on 04/28/2008, -1/+2 That was almost complete carnage if he had hit the other car.
- gak001, on 04/28/2008, -1/+1That might be because he was speaking Dutch, or maybe Russian... I can't really tell.
- monoa, on 04/28/2008, -0/+0It's actually not that 'big' a crash because there's no sudden deceleration. Drivers get hurt when they hit something solid at high speed. The tumbling and flying through the air is spectacular but not so likely to hurt the driver.
- pathfinder, on 04/28/2008, -2/+1I must be drunk. I didn't understand a word that guy was saying.
- Elliuotatar, on 04/28/2008, -2/+1MONZA
Italian. - Mouse21a, on 04/28/2008, -3/+0I believe this is where Senna was killed. They modded that area to try and bring speeds down after that infamous day but racing is inherently dangerous sport. Glad to see he was ok.
- themaestro18, on 04/28/2008, -5/+1Breathtaking. Wow. How many points for that?
http://www.bestsnippets.com - fafaforza, on 04/28/2008, -7/+3That crash isn't that horriffic. All the while the car is tumbling, its scrubbing off speed, and it didn't hit any stationary objects. The helmet can easily absorb such impacts, though your body will be a bit sore. Compare that to Kvalainen's crash where he went from 150 to 0 in a split second, with a few hinred pounds worth of rubber pinning him down into the ground, and the bottom of his cocpit missing.
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