Sky said the closest 'major' hospital was 40 minutes away by road.
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Sky said the closest 'major' hospital was 40 minutes away by road.
Full agreement. Ted Kravitz just said the helicopter was there but was not used. It left at the same time. Bianchi was not in it. Nobody knows why.
Still don't know if he's gone to a local medical facility or the nearest major hospital. Too many unknowns here to be sure of anything. Terrible.
Sky are saying that the helicopter took off, but without Bianchi on board....
no driver really wants to talk about the race , just leave them.
The helicopter taking off without him on board is a strange one.
The helicopter taking off without him on board is a strange one.
Race Steward Mika Salo: "The jury has seen the video footage. Bianchi's car went straight under the tractor during double yellows. A hard hit to the head."
That sounds horrible.. Hope he is ok.
This will finally lead to those tractors being regulated, far too often you see them on track immediately when a car is off and they simply don't need to be. I'm not saying thats the case here because it was a full lap later but still they don't need to be on circuit so quickly, like it really matters if a car is cleared a minute sooner.
Just woke up to see the news, a car hitting a recovery vehicle is one of those nightmare incidents you never want to happen 
You think F1 is safer now with all the crash testing and the regulations for the new front wings. Then some thing as random as this happens, to prove that it is still very dangerous. Having never followed F1 during the Senna years,I can just imagine how dangerous it must have been back then.
Watched the first 26-odd Laos but fell asleep then so I dunno what happened after. Without spoilers, is it worth watching the rest?
Gonna spoil it for you. There is a very large chance Bianchi is in very very serious life threatening trouble. It will end on a downer.
It's worth watching.
So from what I'm reading elsewhere, the likelihood is that he was taken in the ambulance rather than the helicopter as the change in air pressure wouldn't be good for a head injury.
Ok cheers lads. Anywhere online yous know of that I can watch it? BBC highlights on at 13:15 but wont be able to watch that til way later on tonight.
Edit: Never mind, got it on the iPlayer.
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Bianchi's father has said on french TV that his son is critical and being operated on at the moment according to some random Irish journalist
Just watched on delay. What a horrible end to the race. Hope he's OK. Needs to be a lot of scrutiny of decisions today and for previous races when conditions were very dangerous . Honda's decision was nuts. Starting later means crowds have to head home in terrible conditions.
OMG that sounds really bad.
yes, I thought it was a decent race.
makes perfect sense.
Sad to hear about Bianchi. Hope he pulls through
The FIA says Bianchi has suffered 'severe' head injury. Due to be moved to intensive care after surgery.
hope he pulls throughNot sounding good. Apparently some very disturbing images that I'll be avoiding. The roll bar was ripped off.
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Hope Bianchi is ok
But on a more light-hearted note,
at Vettel's last pitstop
But on a more light-hearted note,
at Vettel's last pitstopI expect some questions will be asked about these tractors now. All of the barriers are super safe but i doubt the tractors will have any kind of impact absorbing quality. An F1 car hitting that would have no chance.
They don't look good, but hard to really glean anything from them when removed of context. He got to a hospital quickly and was operated on which is the main thing. One of those horrible situations of whether someone will be able to race again is the least of the worries.
The fact the roll bar is clean off is really scary.
Didn't that female driver crash into the back of a truck at like 30 mph and lose an eye or something?
Breathing unaided apparently. Good news
Yeah. She was testing one of the cars and smashed into the back end of a truck. She passed away not too long ago actually. Very sad.
Bloody amazing news.
fantastic news
Hopefully he pulls through ok. Latest rumours are that he is breathing unaided so that should be a positive sign. Not sure if I'll watch a replay of the race when it's eventually shown or not. By all accounts that I've heard it was pretty good besides that and the weather stoppages.
Yeah, not in a race though.
you dont see any of the crash, on Sky they had no idea what was going on, you can barley see the car involved.
It was an excellent race, over shadowed by events.
Yeah so I heard. Provided he is ok, I probably will so. When it actually gets replayed that is. I obviously understand why they aren't showing it as of yet.
The dint in the helmet is shocking, shows its doing its job -
Bad news keep flowing. Andrea de Cesaris, former F1 driver, was killed today at 55 in a motorcycle accident.
obviously the weather played a part but the track was just normal wet conditions at the time, the tractors have been an accident waiting to happen, brundle missed one by inches in 94 which probably would have killed him