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Pierced right through the barrier and split in half. Absolutely unbelievable. Glad Romain is ok. Haven’t seen anything like that in F1 for 25+ years.
Would have been his head without the halo.
Pierced right through the barrier and split in half. Absolutely unbelievable. Glad Romain is ok. Haven’t seen anything like that in F1 for 25+ years.
Yes it would have. Scary to even think about.Would have been his head without the halo.
Pierced right through the barrier and split in half. Absolutely unbelievable. Glad Romain is ok. Haven’t seen anything like that in F1 for 25+ years.
God was riding with that Haas.
You seem pleasant.Jesus. The most memorable thing Grosjean ever did in F1. Bloody miracle he’s okay. Halo proves its worth completely in one single moment.
The best science and engineering you can get. No god required thankfully
You seem pleasant.
Yeah. the halo pushed steel rails of the barrier apart, if not halo, it would be Roman's helmet vs steel rails on high speed.What the fuck happened? The barrier failed to do its job? Looks like the halo might have saved his life.
That was the most absurd thing I've ever seen on live TV. I was truly scared. How did he not pass out after a crash like that? That's the craziest part if you think about it.
I don't think he'll ever race again, I certainly wouldn't. That was God giving you a second chance, go enjoy your life, family and friends.
I don't think he'll ever race again, I certainly wouldn't. That was God giving you a second chance, go enjoy your life, family and friends.
He really should think about his reckless maneuvers on the track first. That's the primary reason of this crash. God forbid him from moving to Indycar with his mindset, his career will be short.
The amount of g force during the initial impact with the barrier would have been insane. I still can't quite work out how he didn't get knocked out or maybe it was the amount of heat generated from the fire that kept him conscious?
Also despite it looking horrific (and being the primary cause of the fire), the car splitting in half like that would have helped reduce the amount of energy the survival cell would have had to endure, this ensuring it's structural integrity remained intact.
He really should think about his reckless maneuvers on the track first. That's the primary reason of this crash. God forbid him from moving to Indycar with his mindset, his career will be short.
It's good that the barrier was not made of concrete. Cockpit pierced through steel barrier and pushed parts of it apart. I think, it played a role of a cushion absorbing energy and distributing loss of the momentum through a relatively long time period.
From his on-board I understand why he decided to make the manoeuvre he did as there was a car to his left that needed to rejoin the track and there were 3 or 4 cars directly ahead of him on the left side of the track that had a worse run on to the straight than he did.
However the way he did it is where the problem lies. He didn't move across the track gradually, he did so almost instantaneously which would have caught Kvyat off guard. If he had decided to switch sides in a more controlled manner then Kvyat would have had enough time to see what was going on and take evasive action (slow down or move over slightly to give him more room).
Kvyat was in his blind spot for sure but that's why you're supposed to telegraph your intentions on a race track, so that just in case you've failed to spot another car, they can take the action necessary to avoid an incident.
Sakhir just got a whole lot more interesting.
Who's going to replace him?
Lewis Hamilton to miss Sakhir GP after testing positive for coronavirus
World champion Lewis Hamilton will miss this weekend's Sakhir Grand Prix after testing positive for coronavirus.www.bbc.com
I'd love to see it too, but it looks like it's going to be Vandoorne (do want), Gutierrez (meh), Hulk (yes please) or Russell (yes). In that order. Vandoorne is in Spain testing Formula E now, rumours are he's flying out tonight.Dream scenario Russell takes the Mercedes and mops the floor with Bottas.
Of course she already deleted the tweet, because it's easy to post accusations, but not easy to win an actual court battle.
Roman reminded me of myself during my second day in driving school 25 years ago, trying to switсh lanes while not knowing mirrors exist. Driving instructor almost killed me afterwards, but everything had ended good. Not a scratch! I still remember the words of wisdom from my instructor "if you don't know what to do - brake, motherfucker!". Roman should visit him someday, the guy sounded very convincing.