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[Jinjo]

The marshalls are excellent though.

Crowd clapping the marshalls.

Yeah. Monaco has the best marshall crew of any track. I'm always amazed by how efficiently they "fix" the crashes.

Monocoque is still in one piece, so nothing penetrated the cockpit as it seems.

 

[Adamm]

BBC says he is conscious & talking

 

[Goldrusher]

BBC says Perez is conscious and talking.

BBC says Perez is conscious and talking.

BBC says Perez is conscious and talking.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Thank God for that!

 

[Kyaw]

He's talking and conscious!

 

[Gareth Bale]

He's concious, phew

 

[moojito]

Conscious and talking, apparently. Good news!

 

[DieH@rd]

Perez iz OK!

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Good news. He‘s talking.

 

[santi_yo]

The cockpit is alright.

 

[G Rom]

One thing that has bothered me last year when there were crashes, anybody know why the wheels aren't attached to the car anymore ?
I remember a few years back that the wheels were attached with cables and would stay that way even in big crashes.

Glad to hear he's ok !

 

[Wes]

Well thank goodness that he is talking but of course we don't know the full extent of his injuries. Could've been a lot lot worse.

 

[Ark]

One thing that has bothered me last year when there were crashes, anybody know why the wheels aren't attached to the car anymore ?
I remember a few years back that the wheels were attached with cables and would stay that way even in big crashes.

Glad to hear he's ok !

They're designed to break apart to disperse the energy and reduce the chance of it piercing the cockpit iirc.

 

[Jinjo]

One thing that has bothered me last year when there were crashes, anybody know why the wheels aren't attached to the car anymore ?
I remember a few years back that the wheels were attached with cables and would stay that way even in big crashes.

Glad to hear he's ok !

I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think it's because there has been one or more accidents were the tethered wheels would smash back into the driver's cockpit/face. Atleast that's the explanation I have in my head for some reason.

 

[scarybore]

BBC says Perez is conscious and talking.

Thank god for that. If he is not fit to race tomorrow (which I doubt), can they bring in a replacement or will it just be Kobayashi racing for Sauber?

One thing that has bothered me last year when there were crashes, anybody know why the wheels aren't attached to the car anymore ?
I remember a few years back that the wheels were attached with cables and would stay that way even in big crashes.

They still are as far as I know, they just aren't infallible.

 

[Adamm]

Thank god for that. If he is not fit to race tomorrow (which I doubt), can they bring in a replacement or will it just be Kobayashi racing for Sauber?

Dont they are allowed to get a sub driver if they didnt take part in quali

EDIT: or i could be wrong

 

[SunhiLegend]

 

[Ark]

Rosberg was really lucky to miss that divider in FP3.

 

[Goldrusher]

One thing that has bothered me last year when there were crashes, anybody know why the wheels aren't attached to the car anymore ?
I remember a few years back that the wheels were attached with cables and would stay that way even in big crashes.

Tires are still attached. In fact, the number of wheel tethers – the load-bearing cables connecting the wheel hubs to the bodywork – was doubled for 2011.

In response to several stray wheels over the course of the 2010 season, teams must now place a second tether on every wheel to improve safety. The two tethers must be contained in separate suspension members.

www.formula1.com/inside_f1/rules_and_regulations/sporting_regulations/8692

 

[santi_yo]

Engineers taking pictures of the crashed car. Spies everywhere.

 

[Frawdder]

One thing that has bothered me last year when there were crashes, anybody know why the wheels aren't attached to the car anymore ?
I remember a few years back that the wheels were attached with cables and would stay that way even in big crashes.

Glad to hear he's ok !

It appears the wheels are still attached to the car but the right front tyre has come away from the rim. The tethers have done their job.

 

[Dilly]

Is it the extra speed from KERS/DRS or something? 2 cars in the same weekend with the same accident.

 

[Adamm]

Rosberg was really lucky to miss that divider in FP3.

Rosberg would have hit it head on also, at least perez was side way to spread disperse the impact =/

 

[Ark]

Is it the extra speed from KERS/DRS or something? 2 cars in the same weekend with the same accident.

It's more than likely the corner, it's got quite the bump. The DRS is banned in the tunnel anyway.

Rosberg would have hit it head on also, at least perez was side way to spread disperse the impact =/

I don't even want to think about it :L

 

[Dead Man]

Horrible.

 

[Mush]

I remember Sato's shunt a few years back, but that was pretty tame compared to this.

 

[Dilly]

It's more than likely the corner, it's got quite the bump. The DRS is banned in the tunnel anyway.



I don't even want to think about it :L

Yeah, it happened before but the odds of it happening just seem bigger this year.

 

[Dilly]

Amazing, the work they have to put in to move those things just shows how much force that impact had.

 

[G Rom]

Tires are still attached. In fact, the number of wheel tethers – the load-bearing cables connecting the wheel hubs to the bodywork – was doubled for 2011.

Ok, thanks for the answer.
It's weird, I could swear that last year whenever there was a crash, the wheels would go wild no matter the speed at which the crash occurred.

 

[Wes]

There is a leg injury to Perez but the extent of it is not known - BBC Radio.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Quite the effort.

 

[Gareth Bale]

Surely the other teams must be having second thoughts about their ride heights now.

Vettel will definitely be on pole now, so barring a bad pit stop he'll most likely win this

 

[Ark]

Ok, thanks for the answer.
It's weird, I could swear that last year whenever there was a crash, the wheels would go wild no matter the speed at which the crash occurred.

Yeah but usually most of the crashes had the first point of impact being the wheel, if I remember rightly.

 

[Tworak]

ugh, horrible. I hope Perez is ok.

 

[Adamm]

Its gonna be chaos if/when this restarts

 

[Ark]

For anyone interested, the F1.com Spain race edit is up.

Its gonna be chaos if/when this restarts

Hamilton NEEDS to get down to the end of the pitlane first.

 

[Deadman]

That was very scary for a while there. Hope hes ok.

Restart in 8 mins.

 

[Adamm]

Will restart @ 14:35 (UK time)

 

[santi_yo]

Yep. Restart at 15:35 (Monaco Time)

 

[Ark]

Get me in that fucking pool.

 

[Psychotext]

Those barriers are excellent. They took so much force out of the impact.

 

[Omiee]

Get me in that fucking pool.

those girls looked fucking hot

 

[Mush]

Get me in that fucking pool.

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[santi_yo]

Get me in that fucking pool.

O___o

I hate rich people.

 

[Deadman]

Twitter saying perez has a leg injury.

 

[brotkasten]

I thought Alonso's 1:14.433 in fp3 was good, but Vettel's time is really impressive. No way Alonso will get anywhere near the podium tomorrow.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Get me in that fucking pool.

Get in line buddy.

 

[Ark]

Hamilton is first in the queue, happy days.

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Hahaha

 

[John_B]

Hamilton first in line. Nice move. Can he handle the pressure and do a nice time?

 

[Adamm]

Hamilton is on the front of the queue!