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[Damian Henderson]

The resources they had available where not good enough for this kind of incident, they did their best but took loads of them with the pea shooters to put it out, fire engine come a bit late.

I guess it's because it was not as high profile as an event like MotoGP or F1 is the reason.

 

[James Johnson]

The resources they had available where not good enough for this kind of incident, they did their best but took loads of them with the pea shooters to put it out, fire engine come a bit late.

I guess it's because it was not as high profile as an event like MotoGP or F1 is the reason.

That Armco needs to be flat and not curved in like that so that a crash like that cant happen again.

 

[Trebor901]

wow that was huge impact and the way the car just fell to bits is just silly these days with the amount of other safety stuff we have

 

[Trebor901]

ive seen pics of the car after it had been put out (close up pics) and there is no protection i.e roll cage down where the drivers legs would be and the whole left front of the car including where his legs would have been is gone. I personally think that nowadays when a race car just disintigrates like that its a bit of a disgrace because race cars are meant to be very safe these days but it seems some still arent

 

[James Johnson]

ive seen pics of the car after it had been put out (close up pics) and there is no protection i.e roll cage down where the drivers legs would be and the whole left front of the car including where his legs would have been is gone. I personally think that nowadays when a race car just disintigrates like that its a bit of a disgrace because race cars are meant to be very safe these days but it seems some still arent

Meh theres Nothing left in that left front corner you could walk into the car through the hole thats now there.

 

[Trebor901]

yeah thats what i mean, sureley with most race cars ive seen the roll cage goes right down the side of the cell where the drivers legs are to prevent serious injury in crashes like this but it looks like these things dont have that

 

[Neil Gault]

Silverstone

18/09/2010 - 19/09/2010

http://www.worldseriesbyrenault.fr/...ne/Pages/Default.aspx?/WT.mc_id=EDM10-WSR01-2

 

[Myles Dixon]

I ve ordered mine m8

I had a couple last year but didnt go

Thanks anyway

 

[Dennis Hirrle]

David Martinez, former ChampCar and A1GP driver from Mexico, is gearing up his Racing for Mexico project, working hard on getting back into the racecar.
Martinez is an excellent simracer as well, competing in the Formula-SimRacing.net special event in Monterrey back last winter, being one of the first real racers to use simulations such as rFactor to prepare for the challenge on the real track!

You can watch David's Racing For Mexico new promotional video, support David on the project's Facebook page and become a fan.

 

[Eric Estes]

Yup, no kidding. Actual race series. There is a limit on the value of the car ($500 US), not including safety gear & tires. My award for this race goes to 'Our Lady of Perpetual Downforce'.

http://jalopnik.com/5549405/the-top-77-lemons-of-the-24-hours-of-lemons-south-spring-2010

 

[Christopher Aponte]

LMAO...you have got to be kidding me haha

 

[Yves Larose]

gotta love some car design and aero parts :roflol:

 

[Thomas Lambaerts]

Me and my buddies are doing a dutch carbagerun
It's a banger rally
Building a watercanon for our saab to put on the roof
We've done some rally's from street safari to, Would love to run in lemons, but there ain't a lemons in europe :'(

 

[Resi Respati]

(from Autosport)

Formula 1 fans have given the sport's new points system introduced for 2010 a big thumbs up, voted Ferrari the most popular team and say Michael Schumacher is the most supported driver, as the first results from grand prix racing's biggest ever survey are revealed.

The 2010 LG Global Fan Survey, conducted by F1 Racing and the Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA) in conjunction with LG Electronics, compiled the views of more than 90,000 fans from 180 different countries when it was conducted in February.

A selection of the results are published for the first time in this month's edition of F1 Racing, with a more detailed review coming on AUTOSPORT.com next week.

One of the most popular outcomes was the new points system introduced this year - with 44.9 per cent saying they think the 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 system is good. This is slightly less than the 61.9 per cent who believe there should be a bigger points gap between first and second place.

F1 fans have also put a move to High Definition (HD) coverage of the sport at the top of their wish list (65.7 per cent want it), followed by interactivity to follow a specific car (53.7 per cent) and watching F1 on the internet (52.4 per cent).

In terms of favourite venues for F1 races, Monaco (52.0 per cent) topped the list ahead of Italy (50.6 per cent), Britain (42.9 per cent) and Germany (28.8 per cent).

Ferrari returned to the top of the polls in terms of most popular team, with 30.1 per cent of the votes, ahead of McLaren (19.1 per cent) and Brawn/Mercedes (10.01 per cent).

In the drivers' stakes, Schumacher came out on top (19.5 per cent), ahead of Fernando Alonso (9.7 per cent), Kimi Raikkonen (7.2 per cent), Felipe Massa (6.1 per cent), Lewis Hamilton (6.0 per cent) and Robert Kubica (4.3 per cent).

Download the survey results (PDF)

 

[William Elgh]

i want to watch the f1 race LIVE today, but i cant get bbc iplayer to work (with proxies) i had bbc iplayer working 2 weeks ago so was able to watch the f1 then......
but now it is impossible!

is there anny website that is streaming the race online? or any one that hawe a WORKING uk ip?

i hawe watch the whole f1 sesion so far and i dont want to stop now


please help!

 

[Resi Respati]

There are several F1 streams available on Ustream, but you have to find them out by yourself.

Or the easier way: go to your TV.

 

[HumberNorton]

The controversy rages but this is the most authoritative listing I've come across, of the top 20 F1 drivers in history, and why. I found it on this new website called racefanstv.com, which has a ton of historic and recent racing video in ALL types and categories, even SIM stuff. Lots of documentaries on famous drivers, races, cars, etc.
http://www.racefanstv.com/community/forum/topic/140/

 

[William Elgh]

According to Wikipedia on the crash: "Ota was trapped in his car for almost 90 seconds while exposed to 800-degree temperatures. He suffered third-degree burns to his face and neck area and minor burns to the rest of the body, but was fortunate to survive. He required plastic surgery to the nasal area as a result of the visor melting on his face. He also suffered from intoxication from the fumes he inhaled from the fire."
He also ruined his right arm, ending his professional career.

 

[Trebor901]

this is very very old video

 

[William Elgh]

this is very very old video

1998 i think i saw somewere:tongue: