Astonishing Franchetti Crash

Yep, saw that yesterday.

Very, very lucky boy.
 
Insane how long that stayed in the air.

Thankfully he is unhurt.
 
I remember watching this one live at the time and fearing the worst....but then sitting back and laughing at her reaction. You'd have to be a little mad, in fairness.
 
RedNome said:
Great??

Not a word I would use to describe that.
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No me neither. Had anyone been hurt in the Franchetti crash, I would never have posted it

I was listening to Murray Walker present Formula 1 606 on Five Live the other week, and one caller said he bemoaned the lack of danger to Formula 1 drivers these days. That's a shocking attitude for me; if you're watching motor racing for the crashes, you're a little bit sick in the head for me; but also in his case, was a damn insensitive thing to do when you consider how close Walker is to motor racing, and how many people he'll have known well have died at the steering wheel of a car. Certainly angered me on the day anyway

And a lack of class from you Gobo :nono:
 
Wow, half the sodding thread dissapeared to make my comment above look slightly daft!

Fair play though, if taken away by the posters who made them, am respectful for the reasoning, well done
 
I snitched on them and used the "report" button. It felt so wrong, and yet so right.

Kubica's recent Formula One crash was amazing, too. He survived with barely a scratch, which is fantastic. I remember feeling genuinly worried about him, like almost every other fan watching. It is testament to the safety in the modern cars, particularly Formula One and Indycar, because those are the two series that travel the fastest.

I still remember that black day when Senna died. But people forget that the day before (in qualifying) Roland Ratzenberger was killed on the same circuit. Rubens Barichello hit a wall and became unconscious and some marshals and spectators were seriously injured in yet another accident that same weekend.

People who think there should be more danger are fecked-up. I for one am happy that the drivers, the marshals and the spectators are safer now. It's almost at the point where when you see a terrible accident you expect the driver to survive, so much better is the technology. Rather than researching new engines or new aerodynamics, the FIA enforced much stricter safety rules and regulation. And frankly, to me, that's money very well spent.
 
Brad Cantona said:
Wow, half the sodding thread dissapeared to make my comment above look slightly daft!

Fair play though, if taken away by the posters who made them, am respectful for the reasoning, well done
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I deleted the innapropriate crash pictures.
 
Soebek said:
I snitched on them and used the "report" button. It felt so wrong, and yet so right.

Kubica's recent Formula One crash was amazing, too. He survived with barely a scratch, which is fantastic. I remember feeling genuinly worried about him, like almost every other fan watching. It is testament to the safety in the modern cars, particularly Formula One and Indycar, because those are the two series that travel the fastest.

I still remember that black day when Senna died. But people forget that the day before (in qualifying) Roland Ratzenberger was killed on the same circuit. Rubens Barichello hit a wall and became unconscious and some marshals and spectators were seriously injured in yet another accident that same weekend.

People who think there should be more danger are fecked-up. I for one am happy that the drivers, the marshals and the spectators are safer now. It's almost at the point where when you see a terrible accident you expect the driver to survive, so much better is the technology. Rather than researching new engines or new aerodynamics, the FIA enforced much stricter safety rules and regulation. And frankly, to me, that's money very well spent.
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You identify a couple of the situations I was referring to Soebeck. I remember the Senna day, I don't know the bloke but was one of my lifes worst days, as a kid having a hero of yours die young. How anyone could argue the greater safety precautions in F1 are a bad thing is beyond me, that's what angered me about the Walker 606 program caller
 
Bad call from me on the Zanardi picture. Didn't think about it before i posted it.
As an amature photographer i just thought the timing of the photo was great as it was at 200mph, not the actual content of the photo. Anyway sorry if i offended anyone, Im a big fan of Zanardi and some of you might be surprised to know that although he lost his legs hes still a successful racing driver.

Found a cool ad he was in.
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=PDbVC-HTlB4
 
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