Formula One...

[Stouffer]

Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooooooooown.

 

[Numero Veinticinco]

Absolute legend. He just won his seventh championship to equal Michael Schumacher and did so with one of the best drives I've ever seen. A truly brilliant driver, up there with the highest achieving sporting greats. 

[sir roger]

He is absolutely fantastic and one of the few drivers who havent had some kind of leg up from their families. Probably the best driver in the wet of all time. Cant believe how him and Andy Murray are disregarded / hated.

 

Did have to laugh though when BBC quoted that he was crying during the national anthem and one guy on twitter said surely the Monaco anthem isn't that bad.

[Numero Veinticinco]

2 minutes ago, sir roger said:

He is absolutely fantastic and one of the few drivers who havent had some kind of leg up from their families. Probably the best driver in the wet of all time. Cant believe how him and Andy Murray are disregarded / hated.

 

Did have to laugh though when BBC quoted that he was crying during the national anthem and one guy on twitter said surely the Monaco anthem isn't that bad.

Yeah, I don't get the Hamilton hatred (or the Murray hatred) at all. 

[sir roger]

Both will be gone in the next couple of years, along with Farah, and we will see how bare the cupboard is for living legends.

[Vincent Vega]

Amazing that Grosjean walked away from that crash at the beginning of this race. Must say I feared the worst when I saw the fireball. 

[Herp McDerp]

The Halo stopped him getting decapitated there, like you I feared the worst, genuine heart in mouth moment waiting on them to confirm he was OK.

[Herp McDerp]

This is his "safety cell/cockpit" or whatever it's called. He's a lucky boy.

 

https://streamable.com/uzgo2z

 

 

The force of the impact literally ripped the car in half, I've never seen anything like this in this era

 

[Vincent Vega]

[Herp McDerp]

Fuck me this is terrifying. I'd have shit myself. Full on evacuation of bowels.

 

https://streamable.com/3u3yn9

 

 

[halewood pete]

Lucky,lucky man.

[Leyton388]

Should be dead. The halo saved his life today as without it that barrier would have took his head clean off. 

[Bjornebye]

Absolute miracle him walking away from that. They need to somehow soften the track side of them barriers. Concrete and steel next to cars doing 200mph almost.... yeah fuck that right off. Not sure what the solution is but you don't see tyre walls much anymore. 

[Scooby Dudek]

1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:

Absolute miracle him walking away from that. They need to somehow soften the track side of them barriers. Concrete and steel next to cars doing 200mph almost.... yeah fuck that right off. Not sure what the solution is but you don't see tyre walls much anymore. 

Whilst it is a miracle what happened yesterday, a few things appear to have gone wrong. The car shouldn't split the way it did, so no fire. Plus the barrier is designed to absorb the impact and not split, so no chance of decapitation, which thankfully the halo prevented.

 

Interesting article below about both sides of the safety aspect.

 

 

Formula 1: Romain Grosjean's escape leaves sport with soul-searching to do - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/55124967

 

 

Firstly, the barrier itself, and how the car managed to penetrate it.

 

"The angle must have been so precise," Wolff said, "like a knife going through the barrier. I didn't think modern barriers could split like this, and we need to analyse how this could happen."

 

Was this a failure of the barrier? Was it a function of the design of the front of an F1 car if it hit a barrier in such a way that was previously unknown?

[Bjornebye]

12 minutes ago, Scooby Dudek said:

Whilst it is a miracle what happened yesterday, a few things appear to have gone wrong. The car shouldn't split the way it did, so no fire. Plus the barrier is designed to absorb the impact and not split, so no chance of decapitation, which thankfully the halo prevented.

 

Interesting article below about both sides of the safety aspect.

 

 

Formula 1: Romain Grosjean's escape leaves sport with soul-searching to do - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/55124967

 

 

Firstly, the barrier itself, and how the car managed to penetrate it.

 

"The angle must have been so precise," Wolff said, "like a knife going through the barrier. I didn't think modern barriers could split like this, and we need to analyse how this could happen."

 

Was this a failure of the barrier? Was it a function of the design of the front of an F1 car if it hit a barrier in such a way that was previously unknown?

It blows my mind that there aren't more serious injuries. Obviously a lot was done since Senna died but the cars are even faster. Massa nearly died from a loose bolt from the car in-front even with a top of the range helmet on. Its a mental sport. 

[Herp McDerp]

That car would've gone from 200km/h to 0 in the blink of an eye. Fuck knows what that survival pod is made of but I sure wish I had one in my car.

[Trumo]

27 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

It blows my mind that there aren't more serious injuries. Obviously a lot was done since Senna died but the cars are even faster. Massa nearly died from a loose bolt from the car in-front even with a top of the range helmet on. Its a mental sport. 

 

The last really serious one was Jules Bianchi. I think the 'halo' cockpit protection came about as a direct result of his accident and injuries.

[Bjornebye]

10 minutes ago, Trumo said:

 

The last really serious one was Jules Bianchi. I think the 'halo' cockpit protection came about as a direct result of his accident and injuries.

Thank god it did. 

[Numero Veinticinco]

 

[Total Longo]

It's mad when you look at the accident that killed Hubert in F2 last year, it didn't look half as bad as the one in Macau where that German girl's car literally took off and smashed into a shop front, rear first at about 170mph. 

 

When your luck is in... 

[Juniper]

Pffft

 

it was barely a bump.

[rb14]

On 30/11/2020 at 10:58, Scooby Dudek said:

The car shouldn't split the way it did, so no fire.

The car absolutely should split the way it did. It's a carbon tub safety cell to which the rear end (engine, etc.) is bolted. The fire is pretty much inevitable and worse because it's the opening lap of the race - fuel tank full. 

 

On 30/11/2020 at 10:58, Scooby Dudek said:

Plus the barrier is designed to absorb the impact and not split...

... Was this a failure of the barrier? 

The barrier should not have split. Horizontal elements are supposed to be bolted/welded. 

 

On 30/11/2020 at 10:58, Scooby Dudek said:

thankfully the halo prevented (decapitation) 

Yeah. It certainly did. But a few laps into the restart Lance Stroll was trapped in his inverted car because of the halo. 

 

[rb14]

On 30/11/2020 at 11:39, Trumo said:

 

The last really serious one was Jules Bianchi. I think the 'halo' cockpit protection came about as a direct result of his accident and injuries.

The halo was being planned for quite some time. Bianchi's was one of the many incidents that led to its inception. 

[rb14]

Yesterday was one of the most incredible Grands Prix I've seen. From start to finish. Rarely have I been screaming at the TV like I did last night. OK apart from when a certain team are playing. 

[rb14]

On 30/11/2020 at 09:08, Bjornebye said:

Absolute miracle him walking away from that. They need to somehow soften the track side of them barriers. Concrete and steel next to cars doing 200mph almost.... yeah fuck that right off. Not sure what the solution is but you don't see tyre walls much anymore. 

You do. Well, you don't. Most concrete and steel is protected by a deformable barrier whether it's tyres, safety blocks (often water-filled) and/or a rubber-type covering. In fact, the bit Grosjean hit was not only repaired for yesterday's race, it was protected with tyres that you couldn't see. 

 

Can I have brownie points for causing a similar horse/stable door revision at Paul Ricard?