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Macau F3 170mph crash

Post by Jembo » Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:17 pm

The most awful crash I’ve ever seen, video on news is horrendous... main story below... thoughts are with her for a recovery

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Post by buzyg » Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:29 pm

:o Think I just watched a plane crash. Lucky lady. :)
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Post by Doddsy » Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:37 pm

f**k me sideways :o Hope she has a speedy recovery
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Post by Chris_D » Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:40 pm

she's got bigger balls than I have! jayzus!
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Post by R60BBA » Mon Nov 19, 2018 12:09 am



She’s very lucky to have survived that.
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Post by Jembo » Mon Nov 19, 2018 8:47 am

How no one was killed is unbelievable... R60BBA, thanks for the vids, couldn’t find any without 101 adverts
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Post by Sae » Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:42 am

OMG thats bloody horrendous, the speed differential between her and the other turning cars at the corner looks massive
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Post by MrPT » Mon Nov 19, 2018 10:54 am

So lucky it was a press area. Less people and what look like a lot of deformable structures.

In spinal surgery today, apparently. Hope she recovers fully.
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Post by Nictrix » Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:38 am

Sae wrote: Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:42 am OMG thats bloody horrendous, the speed differential between her and the other turning cars at the corner looks massive
Looking at that the brakes must have failed
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Post by Jembo » Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:08 pm

Nictrix wrote: Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:38 am
Sae wrote: Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:42 am OMG thats bloody horrendous, the speed differential between her and the other turning cars at the corner looks massive
Looking at that the brakes must have failed
Reports suggest she caught the rear of another car. If was her wheel hitting the back of the car infront’s wheel, would certainly explain why she was ‘in flight’.

I have no idea of her competence, .. though am I alone thinking it’s crazy allowing a 17 year old at the wheel of a 170mph F3 car... or is this just the norm now?
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Post by MrPT » Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:23 pm

Jembo wrote: Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:08 pm I have no idea of her competence, .. though am I alone thinking it’s crazy allowing a 17 year old at the wheel of a 170mph F3 car... or is this just the norm now?
Seems less crazy than allowing me onto a busy motorway when I was 17.
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Post by PerryGunn » Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:28 pm

Jembo wrote: Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:08 pm I have no idea of her competence, .. though am I alone thinking it’s crazy allowing a 17 year old at the wheel of a 170mph F3 car...
IMO, if they've been given the seat because they're talented and have proven their skill in more junior racing formulae it shouldn't be a problem... but if they've got the seat as a pay driver because they have wealthy family that's another matter...
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Post by stewey999 » Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:33 pm

So lucky not hit several other cars. From the view I saw it from it looks like the car hit an inside raised kerb in the braking zone. This pitched the car over the cars and marshals at the corner, and below the press stand. So lucky not to kill several other people if the car pitched at a different angle. Unlucky it happened on a street track with so many close barriers. I think Mark Webber did similar a few years ago when he hit the back of another car. It was on an open circuit with loads of run off. Would have been deaths at Monaco!
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Post by firebobby » Mon Nov 19, 2018 5:41 pm

Looks like her throttle stuck open, the speed she was going. The other driver was lucky to get out too
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Post by MrPT » Mon Nov 19, 2018 6:15 pm

Sounds like she’s now out of surgery and can move all four limbs. :)

I remember watching Ant Davidson flip at Le Mans thinking “uh oh”, but then he leapt out of the car and started running around! He did, in fact, also have a broken back, but it’s a testament to modern technology that both his crash and Sophia’s would not have been survivable a generation ago.
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