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[Bigsby]

Gadz. I could have done without seeing those pics of mangled leg flying through the air. Just goes to show how much effort was put into safety improvements in F1 after the Senna/Ratzenberger accidents that the yanks didn't bother with.

I used to watch the CART stuff on Eurosport and I remember watching a crash where somebody died live on air. His car was just smashed into little bits, I knew instantly that there was no way anybody was coming out of it alive. Can't remember the dude's name now, sadly.

[Bigsby]

Found it, Greg Moore in 1999, just 24.

YouTube - Greg Moore's Fatal Crash *Live*

[Lucky Rathen]

Dunno if I want to watch that, Zanardi's crash video was enough for one day. Though I watched Ratzenberger's as well, thankfully most of it is obscured behind a fence so you dont really see the impact. There's a horrible video of Barrichello crashing on that same weekend as well in practice, he was lucky to walk away from it was a real horror. That was a bad weekend.

Edit - Here it is. The scary bit is the way his head get's thrown around.
YouTube - Rubens Barrichello's Horrific Crash - Imola 1994

Though as you say there's been some sickening crashes in the last few years (Hakkinen's tyre blow-out, Kubica, Hamilton etc) and they've walked away with cuts and bruises, just shows how much work has been done in making it safer. That cockpit is like a bullet, it just won't come apart, plus they have the roll bar thing, and the HANS systems, and all the wheels stay on and don't go bouncing across the track.

Who was it who got mounted at the first corner a couple years ago and the guy's back wheel missed his head by like 2 inches?

Originally Posted by Bigsby

Found it, Greg Moore in 1999, just 24.

YouTube - Greg Moore's Fatal Crash *Live*

Holy shit - he didn't stand a chance.

Remember the one where the car flew up over the finish flag - think it was Formula 2 or 3 probably about 7/8 years ago. Think the driver was fine after that one but it was mental!

[Lucky Rathen]

Originally Posted by Bigsby

Gadz. I could have done without seeing those pics of mangled leg flying through the air. Just goes to show how much effort was put into safety improvements in F1 after the Senna/Ratzenberger accidents that the yanks didn't bother with.
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There's a horrible video on Youtube which shows the front of the car just as it comes to rest. You can see Zanardi trying to move his legs and it's just stumps moving around.

YouTube - Zanardi's crash at Lausitzring 2001

Slow motion of the Zanardi crash:

YouTube - Alex Zanardi Crash

[Lucky Rathen]

Originally Posted by Bigsby

Found it, Greg Moore in 1999, just 24.

YouTube - Greg Moore's Fatal Crash *Live*

That was bad. No way anyone was walking away from that.

[skuzzlebutt]

Originally Posted by Lucky Rathen

I'm getting prepped for the new season by reading all the old season reviews on Wiki and watching highlights on Youtube.

Though I did just watch Alex Zanardi's horrible crash where he got both his legs ripped off in the accident. Horrible. When you see this picture of the aftermath and the big gaping hole where his legs ought to be you can kinda see why.

if my memory serves me right eddie cheever had a very similar accident in detriot(?- not sure, definitely usa though) where quite literally walked out of the car (just sat up and walked forward, not climbing out of the cockpit) unscathed.

just plain luck. a year later we lost Gilles Villeneuve, Didier Pironi, Ricardo Palletti.

changed days thankfully. I thought kubica's crash in montreal was going to be fatal, that really brought home the improvements.

crazy to think that the unprotected human skull is good for impacts up to around seven mph...

[neepheid]

Originally Posted by Lucky Rathen

Who was it who got mounted at the first corner a couple years ago and the guy's back wheel missed his head by like 2 inches?

Coulthard vs. Wurz

YouTube - David Coulthard & Alex Wurz crash @ Melbourne 2007

[Lucky Rathen]

The worst crash I've ever seen I think is Gilles Villeneuve's - it's awful.

After the car somersaults (off camera) it's nose digs into the ground. Villeneueve is thrown from the car at around 100mph, minus his helmet which fell off, and his body hits a fence. he just looks like a crumped heap.

YouTube - Gilles Villeneuve
YouTube - Gilles Villeneuve 1982

And how the fuck Niki Lauda walked away from this crash I'll never know.

YouTube - Niki lauda crash nurburgring 1976

Probably the worst crash in recent history:

YouTube - Robert Kubica's Crash in Montreal 2007


Loads of bad crashes here - all fatalities.

YouTube - Acidentes Fatais F1

This thread has gotten quite harrowing.

[Lucky Rathen]

Originally Posted by skuzzlebutt

if my memory serves me right eddie cheever had a very similar accident in detriot(?- not sure, definitely usa though) where quite literally walked out of the car (just sat up and walked forward, not climbing out of the cockpit) unscathed.

just plain luck. a year later we lost Gilles Villeneuve, Didier Pironi, Ricardo Palletti.

changed days thankfully. I thought kubica's crash in montreal was going to be fatal, that really brought home the improvements.

crazy to think that the unprotected human skull is good for impacts up to around seven mph...

Was Paletti the guy who's car burst in to flames on the grid and he was trapped in it?