F1 2019 season

RedFish said:
I think in circumstances like these teams should allow their drivers to sit out the rest of the weekend? I worry about how they deal with these tragic incidents. A slow procession of the cars around the track for 10 laps as a mark of respect before packing up and prepare for the next race? I know the F2 race is cancelled but it feels wrong somehow to race under these circumstaces?

I don't know, I can't stop thinking about it. Damn.
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There’s a great Schumi quote

“Racing is life and life, is a risk”

We know the consequences from day dot. You either accept it or you don’t and while it might seem cold, that’s racing. If it was a clear and obvious incident caused by safety, we could argue the race should be suspended, but it’s not. Like Jules, it was a freak accident.
 
mariachi-19 said:
There’s a great Schumi quote

“Racing is life and life, is a risk”

We know the consequences from day dot. You either accept it or you don’t and while it might seem cold, that’s racing. If it was a clear and obvious incident caused by safety, we could argue the race should be suspended, but it’s not. Like Jules, it was a freak accident.
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Plus would the drivers rather do anything else for a living? Living (and dying) for your passion isn't something that is accorded to many people in the world.
 
Mrs Smoker said:
Was he in what looks like a pink car, or the one that crashed into him?
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The Arden (Pink car) was Hubert's car, after his collision with the barrier he spun into the road and was effectively t-boned by Correa (who suffered two broken legs in the accident also) and his car split in two.
 
An official statement from Correa’s media team is as follows:

Today, American Juan Manuel Correa was involved in a scary incident at the Belgium Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. A victim of an accident that happened in front of him, Correa had no place to go and made contact with a fellow competitor’s stopped FIA Formula 2 car. Suffering fractures to both of his legs and a minor spinal injury, Correa underwent surgery and is resting in Intensive Care.

At the current moment, Juan Manuel Correa’s condition is stable. He was taken by helicopter to a hospital where he underwent surgery. Juan Manuel remained conscious the entire time until his admission to the operating room.

While you keep Juan Manuel in your thoughts and prayers, please also pray for the well being of Anthoine Hubert’s friends and family. In motorsports, we are a family, and we lost one of our family members today.

More updates on Juan Manuel’s condition will be made public when available.
 
pauldyson1uk said:
An official statement from Correa’s media team is as follows:

Today, American Juan Manuel Correa was involved in a scary incident at the Belgium Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. A victim of an accident that happened in front of him, Correa had no place to go and made contact with a fellow competitor’s stopped FIA Formula 2 car. Suffering fractures to both of his legs and a minor spinal injury, Correa underwent surgery and is resting in Intensive Care.

At the current moment, Juan Manuel Correa’s condition is stable. He was taken by helicopter to a hospital where he underwent surgery. Juan Manuel remained conscious the entire time until his admission to the operating room.

While you keep Juan Manuel in your thoughts and prayers, please also pray for the well being of Anthoine Hubert’s friends and family. In motorsports, we are a family, and we lost one of our family members today.

More updates on Juan Manuel’s condition will be made public when available.
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Absolutely nothing he could have done about it but feck me how must he be feeling this morning.
 
pauldyson1uk said:
Glad to see Sky no pushing anybody to talk to them.
Grid is rightly very subdued by the look of it.
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Very. Christian Horner seemed to struggle finding the words when they spoke to him.

Been a minute silence already and gonna be another one imminently.

Also we'll all be standing and applauding throughout lap 19 of the race.
 
Can't be easy for the drivers out there today. Would be nice to see Leclerc get his first win given the circumstamces, expect Vettel will breeze past on the Kemmel straight on lap one and control the race from there though.
 
Giggsy92 said:
Can't be easy for the drivers out there today. Would be nice to see Leclerc get his first win given the circumstamces, expect Vettel will breeze past on the Kemmel straight on lap one and control the race from there though.
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Ferrari have a history of fecking things up.
Today is cooler than FP and qualifying, may help Lewis and Bottas, looks like a one stop race.
 
pauldyson1uk said:
No investigation for Max and Kimi , so maybe they think racing incident.
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I think that's fair- no malice in it, just they bunched up on a tight corner for me.
 
Vettel will get Leclerc here... Those two taking each other out is Merc's only hope now.
 
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