F1 Big crash

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:05 pm

mac wrote:Looks like the Hans device did it's job with the impact being mainly frontal - Senna didn't survive a similar incident.

Still - if it stays at a broken leg then that is something else - I'm just wondering what he broken his leg on?? Something coming into the cab or a sharp edge somewhere?

Mac

Or ratzenberger for that matter - kubicas crash was pretty similar to the one that left him with a bassal skull fracture due to the deceleration forces involved. With out hans, i fear kubica would have been in the same situation.

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:13 pm

Ouch!

http://www.formula1.com/race/news/6257/775.html

That is going to need more than a couple of paracetamol and an elastoplast.

At least he's ok

mac · Post by **mac** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:34 pm

steve_weegie wrote:
mac wrote:Looks like the Hans device did it's job with the impact being mainly frontal - Senna didn't survive a similar incident.

Still - if it stays at a broken leg then that is something else - I'm just wondering what he broken his leg on?? Something coming into the cab or a sharp edge somewhere?

Mac
Or ratzenberger for that matter - kubicas crash was pretty similar to the one that left him with a bassal skull fracture due to the deceleration forces involved. With out hans, i fear kubica would have been in the same situation.

Oh yeah, a bassal skull fracture, I mean to post that but couldn't remember if it was one s or two

Having watched f1 for a number of years it was good to hear that his injuries (at the moment) are serious, having read the books by Prof Sid though I'll still have my fingers crossed until the morning.

Mac

Post by **simon** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:38 pm

mac wrote:it was good to hear that his injuries (at the moment) are serious

You cruel barsteward

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:45 am

mac wrote: Having watched f1 for a number of years it was good to hear that his injuries (at the moment) are serious,

lol, i'll trade you my extra "s" in basal for your missing "not"

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:39 am

News this morning; "has concussion, and a sprained ankle"

Last nights news mentioned a broken bone in his hand

Still, the car and safety gear clearly did it's job.

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:28 pm

You can see his feet!!

Post by **simon** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:14 pm

It now seems he hasn't broken his leg and escaped without any injuries

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=39543

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:40 pm

From this, he should be dead:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nKDtWVHOic

Daveb · Post by **Daveb** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:15 am

Its been removed Gareth, what was it? Onboard cam??

tut · Post by **tut** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:25 am

Out of hospital yesterday, slight limp, feels confident that he will be racing next Sunday.

Unbelievable after seeing the accident.

tut

Dr. Ronald Denis, the head of the trauma unit at the hospital, said he was amazed the young driver survived.

"I was at the [racetrack] tower, and to be honest with you, when I saw the accident I thought we were going to arrive there and he would be dead," Denis said.

"But when we arrived there, he was talking to us, complaining of some pain in his right ankle. He was breathing, talking."