Go back to bed.
Go back to bed.
Yes mom.
I dont get the spring, it was standing still in the air.
Maybe it was hanging on something?
Maybe somebody throwd it?
Maybe it was hanging on something?
Maybe somebody throwd it?
A closed cockpit open wheel might actually look pretty cool (like closed cockpit prototypes). But I disagree that it should be standardized
No, it came from the Brawn.
What does being a fan of him has to do with that?
Good point but apart from wheels (which are now tethered), can you think of a single incident?
Well you don't like Hamilton right? So you'd like to see him making mistakes and crashing I'm sure. He's saying that even tho hes not a fan of Massa, he is feeling bad as IF he WAS a fan of him. So it DOES matter.
Yea, but he was miles ahaed how could it still be in the air? Laws of physics failed?
what about covered wheels ?
oh yeah, it would be an lmp1
edit: 500th post !
it is a spring, and if you remember the cartoons, springs can bounce... the spring fell of the BrawnGP with about 180kph... with such a speed it can keep on bouncing for a while.
There is video of it, it's already been explained.
Wasn't a maleable spring like you see on cartoons. They don't even exist that way, or atleast in Industrial Mechanics I haven't seen springs that loose.
I saw the video that shows the spring pulling out of Barrica's car just once, and don't remember if there was any car in that part that could carry with contact or wind the spring to make it fly again. And remember, the spring pulled out in the start of that "uphill" (edit: I GUESS!), and Massa got hit in the middle of it.
I want to see that video..
Donno where the Brawn was at that moment.. but I think it's highly unlikely the spring was still 'bouncing around' at the moment it hit Massa....
Why not? it can be caught by the updraft and stay suspend for quite a distance given it's inital speed.
It's useless to speculate imo, just wait for official annoucements.
Just love this ad... And the ending is great.
Mika is the godfather man.
The HANS did its job perfectly. HANS is not only their to minimize the drivers head movement but to decelerate the drivers head movement. All you have to do is compare his head movements to Mika's crash in Adelaide 95.
All the damage done to Massa was striking that object, he probably smacked his face off the front of the helmet with all the energy going through it.
Such a shocking accident to happen only 6 days after Surtees was tragically killed by a stray wheel. Hopefully Massa makes a full recovery and doesn't suffer any long term effects. Mixed stories all over the web, hard to judge what sort of condition he is in
Makes me wander if single seaters should be fitted with ignition kills on heavy impacts. When Surtees hit the barriers, had he not lost a wheel god knows where his car would have gone next. Massa's car was obviously going no where but again his car was bouncing on the rev limiter whilst burried in the tyres.
I've just stumbled across an image of Massa post-accident.
It looks asthough the crash helmet as almost melted in some way. It gave me a sickening feeling when I watched it on TV. All too familiar to the late Henry.
I strongly recommend you only click on the image if you don't find such images offensive.
http://images.gazzetta.it/Her ... /25/0KNCBYRA--300x145.jpg
It looks asthough the crash helmet as almost melted in some way. It gave me a sickening feeling when I watched it on TV. All too familiar to the late Henry.
I strongly recommend you only click on the image if you don't find such images offensive.
http://images.gazzetta.it/Her ... /25/0KNCBYRA--300x145.jpg
that image has been posted several times, along with the video.
not to be mean.. but that pic was posted at least 2-3 pages ago
WTF
Because I don't like someone I want him to crash? I'm not that sick. :thumbsdow
okay, lets put a twist on that...
instead of "big ass flying into the wall crash"... how about "rear-end some other racer and be forced to pit for new tires, a new wing, etc"
i know i've wanted alonso to lose badly for a while myself...
Formula 1 ING Magyar Nagydij (Hungary) 2009
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