07-25-2009, 11:09 AM
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Fellipe Massa bizzare accident in F1 qualifing
apperently a spring fell off from rubens car infront and it keept bouncing on track until massa came along and hit it
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scary stuff
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07-25-2009, 12:19 PM
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Ouch. Tough luck.
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07-25-2009, 12:40 PM
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Ouch! That's a hard hit! News is that he's escaped with minor injuries, but won't race.
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07-25-2009, 04:51 PM
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2 very close incidents in about 1 weeks apart.
Maybe they should start thinking of a closed cockpit....
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07-25-2009, 05:17 PM
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Wasn't there a GP2 driver killed by a flying wheel last weekend?
Thank god for modern racing helmets. Hope he will recover quickly.
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07-25-2009, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by 5vz-fe
Wasn't there a GP2 driver killed by a flying wheel last weekend?
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Originally Posted by 5vz-fe
Thank god for modern racing helmets. Hope he will recover quickly.
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Yep in F2.
Modern racing helmets are good but sometimes when luck is not with you it becomes sad in the Henry Surtees F2 driver case. .
I am really glad that Massa survived it. He had a major surgery on his head and was successful.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77288
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07-25-2009, 10:38 PM
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I was watching that live at work. What are the odds eh? Crazy
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07-26-2009, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Evo
Modern racing helmets are good but sometimes when luck is not with you
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Yeah. Well, helmets are good, but not good enough to protect you from the sheer mass and the rolling momentum of a tyre or the hardness of a racing car spring. You really can't do much about those other than prevention.
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07-25-2009, 05:53 PM
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hello.my friends .please tell me in which channel can i watch F1 live in france?thanks a lot
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07-26-2009, 05:46 PM
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The spring is almost 1 kg....and at 180mph.......that's quite a bit of momentum. Altho, there should be an emergency braking switch available so that the team can stop the car remotely if necessary.
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07-27-2009, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by 5vz-fe
... Altho, there should be an emergency braking switch available so that the team can stop the car remotely if necessary.
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How on earth could such a system help at all. By the time the team realizes there is a problem it's over.
I do think something should be done but am not in favor of cockpit canopies that some have suggested. There are brilliant engineers in the sport and they need to collectively study possible solutions.
Personally I think the loose tyre issue, one resulted in Henry Surtees death a week ago, may have a reasonable solution. Smaller objects like the spring I think more problematic. The spring should have never come off the car. The failure of it must be understood and means taken to ensure it's not possible during normal operation of a racing car.
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07-26-2010, 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by macrylinda1
the spring falling off the brawn is a freak accident, and it is a freak accident for it to have hit felipe in the face. i'm sure there are those that beg to differ, but i believe accidents such as with surtees and massa are so rare and unpredictable that to try to protect against them would be impossible. hopefully felipe makes a full recovery and continues to race, he's a undeniable talent and a wonderful person to have in the series
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Normally I'd ban you with your silly email/signature, and replying to an old topic. However, you actually wrote a cohesive response to an eleven month old thread. FYI, Massa has made a full recovery, and is still racing alongside Fernando Alonso @ Ferrari this year.
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07-27-2009, 11:25 PM
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the spring falling off the brawn is a freak accident, and it is a freak accident for it to have hit felipe in the face. i'm sure there are those that beg to differ, but i believe accidents such as with surtees and massa are so rare and unpredictable that to try to protect against them would be impossible. hopefully felipe makes a full recovery and continues to race, he's a undeniable talent and a wonderful person to have in the series
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07-28-2009, 01:35 AM
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Shit happens. These guys sign up for the tour of duty and collect big money - nothing to see here, lets move on
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