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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago
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"Anyone else seen that ? Worse ive ever seen"
It's bad but the worst ever crash, period was Gordon Smiley in Indianapolis 500 qualifying in 1982. Absolutely grisly  |
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I haven't seen anything like that in F1 for a long time. I felt sick to my stomach seeing the car hit the barrier like that. It's an absolute miracle that the driver's escaped relatively unscathed and all the marshalls are fine. Thank god he stayed conscious after such an impact and could get out. Hats off to the medical team who were there within seconds and to all those have worked to improve driver and track safety over the years. It was a controversial addition a few years ago but it looks like the halo might just have saved Romain Grosjean's life. |
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Worst I’ve seen since Senn’s crash. 20 years ago that would have been a wall and he’d be dead. I’ve marshalled at Anglesey, Oulton Park and Donnington park and I’ve never dealt with anything as bad as that. Worst fire I’ve seen was Hunter Abbot crashing a GT car at Oulton Park and he wasn’t too badly hurt. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Totally amazing that he walked away from that when I see the fireball I honestly thought we were looking at serious injuries if not a fatality, so good to hear he is being checked out for minor injuries  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Anyone else seen that ? Worse ive ever seen"
you havent seen much then. go youtube some of the nascar and indycar crashes from the past.
even passed f1 crashes. never heard of niki lauda? what about jos verstappen's pitlane fireball in germany.
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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago
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"Anyone else seen that ? Worse ive ever seen
It's bad but the worst ever crash, period was Gordon Smiley in Indianapolis 500 qualifying in 1982. Absolutely grisly
It's not about comparison  "
No but it shows how much safer cars are now and as a consequence, luckier pilots are. |
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Glad he's ok, the money spent on F1 safety definitely saved his life also lot's of the technology and safety ideas have been used in other areas so lots of lives have been saved over the years.
I will never forget watching the day Senna died just horrible.
I stopped watching F1 for a very long time after that. |
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"Genuinely shocking scenes. How he survived I have no idea just glad he’s ok. "
Millions of pounds spent in development on F1 car's and sheer bloody luck.
Question is how the hell do you get back in a car and race again? |
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"Worst I’ve seen since Senn’s crash. 20 years ago that would have been a wall and he’d be dead. I’ve marshalled at Anglesey, Oulton Park and Donnington park and I’ve never dealt with anything as bad as that. Worst fire I’ve seen was Hunter Abbot crashing a GT car at Oulton Park and he wasn’t too badly hurt. "
I'm not so sure, it looked like the front went through the barrier and the rear end stopped, he may have been just as well, but no fire if he'd hit a wall.
I guess there is no way of telling for sure though |
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"Anyone else seen that ? Worse ive ever seen"
It looked a bit spectacular, but thankfully safety has been improved over the years. Even though he hit a barrier and split his car in half which exploded into flames, he got away better than Nikki Lauder who sadly passed away earlier this year. |
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"It isn’t surviving the fire which is remarkable, stopping from 140mph to 0 in 1m is potentially the damaging element. That’s over 50g of deceleration!"
Incredible event so lucky to get out. As you say not just the fireball That deceleration was massive, you can secure a man in his seat but your internal organs... a crash like that can literally rip your heart out |
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The fact he was still conscious after the initial impact has saved his life I believe. If he’d have been knocked out, I doubt that he would have survived long. He was on the burning fireball for over 20 seconds! |
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I’ve enjoyed F1 for years; the best thing about this crash was that the driver escaped without serious injuries.
It’s not long ago this type of crash would have killed them. I’m also glad, footage is not widely show. In TV now |
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"Anyone else seen that ? Worse ive ever seen
It looked a bit spectacular, but thankfully safety has been improved over the years. Even though he hit a barrier and split his car in half which exploded into flames, he got away better than Nikki Lauder who sadly passed away earlier this year. "
Nikki Lauder passed away last year. |
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"Genuinely shocking scenes. How he survived I have no idea just glad he’s ok.
Millions of pounds spent in development on F1 car's and sheer bloody luck.
Question is how the hell do you get back in a car and race again?"
As David Coulthard said racing driver's just get if he could he would get back in the car tomorrow they are different from other people that's why they do it. |
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So many reasons why he should be dead, the impact, the fire, the car snapping in half, the barrier not taking his head off. So lucky, but so glad he's okay and his wife and kids will see him again.
He was due for semi forced retirement at the end of the season anyway, after that I think he'll go home two races early and hang up his boots.
Huge credit due to him, the docs, the Marshall's, and all the safety development on the cars over the last 20 years. The cockpit area is almost indestructible nowadays. Hitting walls at 150+ mph is barely even a concern now 9.5/10, they just get out and walk off! Xx |
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As Jessica has said above, the car & track safety development over the last several years. The drivers sit in a carbon fibre "tub" which are almost indestructible, parts of the car are designed to break away in an accident, they have on board fire suppression for the drivers and they wear 4 layers of fire resistant clothing including the gloves, boots and the under helmet fire hoods. They tend to stay conscious in a crash due to the way their heads are supported in the clip on shoulder straps and the top part of the cockpit and the Halo head protection system.
All that said, it was a spectacular crash and I was so happy to see him get out under his own steam. seems to only have minor burns to his hands and has posted on a video social media from his bed. |
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"Genuinely shocking scenes. How he survived I have no idea just glad he’s ok.
Millions of pounds spent in development on F1 car's and sheer bloody luck.
Question is how the hell do you get back in a car and race again?
As David Coulthard said racing driver's just get if he could he would get back in the car tomorrow they are different from other people that's why they do it. "
It's like any pastime or activity that you love. I've been in three aircraft emergencies, one crash and seen the aftermath of others, but if I could, I'd go back to it tomorrow.
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Saw the news report this morning and am gobsmacked! Thank God for the Halo. One lucky lad there, someone was watching over him that race. To a speedy recovery |
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If he had been knock out or trapped the suit and helmet can only do so much. The fact he was trapped in a fireball for 20 odd seconds and still walked away shows the engineering involved and the price paid by those not so lucky in the past. |
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There was definitely someone looking after him on Sunday! That’s one of the worst single car F1 crashes I have seen!
Nice pics on your profile by the way xx |
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"So many reasons why he should be dead, the impact, the fire, the car snapping in half, the barrier not taking his head off. So lucky, but so glad he's okay and his wife and kids will see him again.
He was due for semi forced retirement at the end of the season anyway, after that I think he'll go home two races early and hang up his boots.
Huge credit due to him, the docs, the Marshall's, and all the safety development on the cars over the last 20 years. The cockpit area is almost indestructible nowadays. Hitting walls at 150+ mph is barely even a concern now 9.5/10, they just get out and walk off! Xx"
It was a good job he was not trapped in anyway |
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Honestly, I had a major deadline today so wasn't able to watch the race. But a friend sent me a panic stricken text and I tuned in and saw the footage. I can't remember the last time I felt such an icy chill go down my spine watching Motorsport, in my brain knowing I was watching the equivalent of what happened to Niki Lauda. My partner was taken aback by how spooked I was. But seeing Romain jump out on his own and look understandable shaken but alive and well when Alan pulled him out is a feeling of relief I haven't felt in a long time. I would readily admit I was tepid about the halo since it's inception but it's earned its place in my books alongside the overall safety cell.
Honestly so glad for Romain. |
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"Honestly, I had a major deadline today so wasn't able to watch the race. But a friend sent me a panic stricken text and I tuned in and saw the footage. I can't remember the last time I felt such an icy chill go down my spine watching Motorsport, in my brain knowing I was watching the equivalent of what happened to Niki Lauda. My partner was taken aback by how spooked I was. But seeing Romain jump out on his own and look understandable shaken but alive and well when Alan pulled him out is a feeling of relief I haven't felt in a long time. I would readily admit I was tepid about the halo since it's inception but it's earned its place in my books alongside the overall safety cell.
Honestly so glad for Romain. "
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As a youngster growing up, my earliest memories naturally coincide with the post Senna era, when the efforts of folks like Dr Sid Watkins created a sea change in the safety culture of the sport. So really my generation have never had occasion to feel the visceral terror that is implicit in motorsports, not in the way of yesteryears. Watching the shunt I couldn't help but think of how it must've been back in the early days of the sport, when every crash was likely to be as spectacular as Sunday and with a good chance that you'd be witnessing a driver succumb. While it helps lionise that generation of drivers, I've got no qualms in trading it for watching my era of drivers simply come out of it rattled with minor scrapes. It's like Fernando's crash in Melbourne where his car disintegrated. He managed to gingerly step out unaided. Incredible. |
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"Anyone else seen that ? Worse ive ever seen
It looked a bit spectacular, but thankfully safety has been improved over the years. Even though he hit a barrier and split his car in half which exploded into flames, he got away better than Nikki Lauder who sadly passed away earlier this year.
Nikki Lauder passed away last year. "
Thanks very much for that input, do you remember the exact date that Ayrton Senna or Roland Ratzenburger (sorry if I've spelled that incorrectly)lost their lives? |
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