Captain Colonial Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 Now that the F1 race has been telecast on the BBC as well, I'm sure we all wish Jules Bianchi the best for a full and complete medical recovery after his dreadful accident earlier today. Let's hope he's back in a F1 car someday and lessons are learned that might eliminate freak accidents like that happening again in future. Quote
Sparkymart Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 I'll second that Scott, watching the coverage yesterday on sky one of concerns with the weather was that the medical helicopter wouldn't be able to fly if the weather was to bad .. But the race went on and looked what happened..! good luck Jules and a speedy recovery Quote
kevip6 Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 Very sad. I also hope he makes a full recovery, such a freak accident. From what they were saying on sky when it happened it wasn't a case that they couldn't take him in the helicopter due to the weather if was down to medical reasons they needed to take the road and ambulance. Quote
John K Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 Best wishes to him, BBC are reporting he is out of surgery and breathing on his own. As I switched off the TV there was confusion as to why the medical car had gone out as Sutil was OK. So until I read this I had no idea of the accident. Quote
SteveD Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 have thought for years the recovery vehicles should have some sort of skirt/barrier,protection to stop cars from going under them i remember a gearbox kart race at oulton years ago where the recovery truck came accross the track as a kart came around lodge and nearly went under it ,it was pure luck it missed the truck ,could have been a horrible scene Quote
Rory's Dad Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 have thought for years the recovery vehicles should have some sort of skirt/barrier,protection to stop cars from going under them Well said. Quote
Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 I heard the reason he couldn't be taken by helicopter was, the change in air pressure at altitude could have caused more damage. It was reckoned that this is what killed Mark Donohue back in 75'. He went off in practice for the Austrian GP and was hit on the head by a catch fencing pole, it split his helmet but he seemed ok and walked away from the scene with a headache, but they decided it should be checked out and flew him to hospital, later that night he had a brain haemorrhage and died the next day Quote
M444TTB Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 Gary Harstein (the former F1 Doctor) said the altitude thing isn't relevant. Something along the lines of the helicopter still flying a lower altitude than someone walking the street in Denver. Quote
John K Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 My worry has always been physics and wet weather. If a car leaves the track on a bend due to bad weather, it normally leaves at a tangent and it will be the same place for each bend. Then a recovery vehicle or marshals go to that point to make it safe. Nobody seems to realise that the next car to leave that corner will probably do so at the same point and end up in the same place. And this time the marshals seemed to be taking a very long time to recover Sutils car. I've always wondered why they can't have some sort of inflatable bags to protect the scene. Quote
M444TTB Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 Further sad F1 news coming through that Andre de Cesaris has been killed in a motorcycle accident in Rome. Quote
Rory's Dad Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 I've always wondered why they can't have some sort of inflatable bags to protect the scene. Don't they use these sort of things at motorbike races?? Quote
Tricky Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 Don't they use these sort of things at motorbike races??They do for fencing etc but it's usually a couple of hay bails to protect from another impact.In my opinion, with cars weighing 750 kgs and a multi-million pound industry why on earth are they not using cranes to lift from behind the fence as in Monaco? It's got to be a damn sight easier logistically to get a crane round to a point on a circuit than it would be at Monaco. Quote
Barry Ashcroft Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 A video of the full impact has been published on F1today.net Only click if you want to watch http://www.f1today.net/en/news/bvideob-full-crash-of-jules-bianchi Quote
Terry Everall Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 How come the 2 waved yellows went to a green flag well before the crash and yet the car was not recovered? Quote
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