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The Horse's Mouth

Formula 1 2020

By The Horse's Mouth, in General Football and Sport

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StanSP

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25 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Mental.

 

 

Like a scene out of a movie.

 

19 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

Might sound really stupid but it didn't look like a crash that would cause that sort of outcome. I'm not knowledgeable on F1 but no obvious reason why he's gone off the track, other than just simply losing control. I guess it emphasises that any crash is dangerous and we take it for granted 

 

Brilliant that we can look at this incident knowing he's managed to survive.

His rear right wheel clipped the front left of Kyvat which sent him towards the barrier.

 

With the angle he's hit the barrier, and the type of barrier, and the impact - apparently 53G!!! - has caused the damage and make-up of the crash. 

The fuel cell is in the middle of the car so as the car has split in half, it's exposed the fuel and then caught alight in that ball of fire we see instantly.

 

13 minutes ago, Sampson said:

That was one of the worst crashes I've ever seen. Shook me up just watching it. No idea how the drivers still have the mentality to finish the race.

Same. Definitely in shock.

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isaidno

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45 minutes ago, stripeyfox said:

Fortunately we've come a long way since this type of thing (couldn't find a video which didn't have crappy music over it) - Roger Williamson crashing at Zandvoort in 1973 and fellow driver David Purley trying in vain to save him

 

 

 

 

Roger was from Leicester.  One of my friend new him really well.

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stripeyfox

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Bit of context on the Roger Williamson video

 

On the eighth lap of the race through the high speed esses near the Tunnel Oost (East Tunnel) right-hand corner, a suspected tyre failure caused Williamson's car to pitch into the barriers at high speed, and be catapulted 300 yards (275 m) across the track, eventually coming to rest upside down against the barriers on the other side. The petrol tank had ignited whilst being scraped along the track, and the car caught fire. Williamson had not been seriously injured by the impact, but was trapped in the car. The race was not stopped and continued with a local yellow at the scene, a fact which would become significant over the next few minutes.

Fellow driver David Purley, who witnessed Williamson's impact, almost immediately pulled his car over on the opposite side of the track, then ran across the live racetrack to assist him. Williamson was heard shouting to Purley to get him out of the car as Purley tried in vain to turn the car upright. There appeared to have been ample time to right the car and pull Williamson out, but as desperately as he tried, Purley was unable to do it by himself, and the marshals, who were not wearing flame retardant overalls, were unable to help due to the intense heat.

Race control assumed that it was Purley's car that had crashed and that the driver had escaped unharmed. Many drivers who saw Purley waving them down to stop later claimed that they assumed Purley to be trying to put a fire out from his own car, having safely exited it, and thus did not know that a second driver had been involved. As a result, the race continued at full pace while Purley desperately tried to save the life of Williamson.

There was only a single fire extinguisher in the area, and it was not enough to put out the fire. With the car still burning upside-down, the situation became hopeless, and the distraught Purley was led away by a marshal. Some spectators, appalled at Williamson's plight, tried to breach the safety fences in order to assist Williamson, but were pushed back by track security staff with dogs.[citation needed]

With the race still on, it took some eight minutes for a fire truck to completely travel around the circuit with the flow of race traffic. By the time the car was eventually righted, and the fire extinguished, Williamson had died of asphyxiation. A blanket was thrown over the burnt-out wreck with Williamson still inside, and the race carried on.

Purley was awarded the George Medal for his brave actions in trying to save his fellow sportsman. Williamson's remains were later cremated and his ashes transferred to an undisclosed location.

In an otherwise uneventful race, Jackie Stewart won his 26th career Grand Prix and broke Jim Clark's 5-year-old record of the most career Grand Prix victories.

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