Macau F3 170mph crash
- Thread starter Jembo
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Think I just watched a plane crash. Lucky lady. 
Nictrix said:
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?
By the seaside...
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...Jembo said:
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!
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.
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.
I think her also being young & more flexible has had a lot to do with her survival, as that was a mighty heavy deceleration from 170.... & no amount of CF cage & strapping is going to slow down the inertia on your internal organs in a dead stop.
Be interesting to see what comes out of the stewards enquiry, mech/tech failure or driver error
Be interesting to see what comes out of the stewards enquiry, mech/tech failure or driver error
It occurred to me that it's technology that of allows a 17 year old person to crash into a box full of other people, at 170mph, so it's a good thing that technology can also now protect a 17 year old person, when such a thing happens. The sooner all vehicles are as safe as modern racing cars the better. Hopefully we will still be allowed to drive them too. :wink:
Hopefully we will still be allowed to drive them too. :wink: