The video shows not all. Sophia was very close to the car ahead of her, and that driver braked earlier than expected. Due to the short distance she had no chance to react and rolled onto his rear tyre, loosing control in the process. Other footage of the corner crash reveals that before she went airborne she already was offline to the right and beside the curbs, the car being out of control and no grip, thus no braking effect. The rubbers in the turn then most likely seem to have made her car going airborn, and she flew backwards into the tower. That she were not flattened like a pan cake and killed, probably is right because she impacted backwards and the heavier rear end of the car impacted before her body in that wall, not on top of her. You can see that the rear hit into the wall, then the car turned up, the top end ponting to the sky and the open cockpit squezzed into the structure. I assume if she would have doved in nose first, the engine and rear end would have hammered her like a Wiener Schnitzel, killing her instantly. This way it was "just" the lighter front nose that formed ballistic energy to kick the chassis deeper into the structure after the rear end had impacted.
I have not yet seen any vidoe showing the car collision that led to all this, so it is hard to say whether it weas close or distant to the turn, and whether she went airborn due to the rubber in the turn, or the collision. But there was a collision before, another driver driving right behind Sophia has said that, he was very close and saw it all.
The girl was very, very lucky. Unbelievably lucky. More lucky than a sane mind can comprehend.
Another driver was injured too, also two media people and one track marshal.
I beleive in freedom and self responsibility. No need to regklate all and evethying and lecture peopel on what they are allwoed to take in risks and what not. But nobody shoudl have illusions, no drivers, not marshals, not the audience. When somebody decides its worth for him to take the risk, then that is his deicison and I'm fine with it. But he then must also accept ther possible consequences. Same for people attending such events, races or air shows. If fate is in a gloomy mood and stares right into your eyes, don't complain then - you have chosen to be there, nobody forced you.
Personally I think that driving open wheelers at tracks with walls left and right and limited space like in parts of Macau is no good idea. But then you have horrible Indycar crashes, too, so - freedom of own deicison, self responsibility.
I think you meant cojones
