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[MancWanderer]

Fucking hell. Sat down at 5pm to watch what I thought would be a routine Hamilton win

Those images of Grosjean sat in the burning car and then getting out were summat else. The doctor who legged it to him and grabbed him.....partial fire protection but nothing like the marshals or drivers. The inferno is less than 6 feet away from him but his only thought is get Grosjean out. Immense

[Winchester White]

I am still amazed the bloke survived never mind jumped out of the car himself.

Can you imagine hitting the central reservation at well over a ton and your car setting on fire? You would be dead by the impact never mind being deaderer by burning to a crisp.

Senna was watching down on him today, and I am not in any way religious. 

[Rudy]

How did he go Under the barricade? 

[Zico]

I know nowt about F1 but just seen on SSN he puts his survival all down to "halo", some safety measure he was opposed to when it first came in a couple of years ago, but meant all he got was minor burns to his hands and ankles

[MancWanderer]

37 minutes ago, Rudy said:

How did he go Under the barricade? 

He went through the barricade

[Rudy]

Just now, MancWanderer said:

He went through the barricade

Hit it at 53G. I’d never drive again after that

[Winchester White]

6 minutes ago, Rudy said:

Hit it at 53G. I’d never drive again after that

It was a really odd one, not like he went off on a tricky corner, he was full beans on the beginning of a straight.

Lady luck was with him for sure, driving through a barrier over 140mph and surviving is unreal.

[MancWanderer]

11 minutes ago, Rudy said:

Hit it at 53G. I’d never drive again after that

Wouldn’t surprise me if he didn’t 

The fact that he’s gone through it, coupled with the halo, has meant that he’s alive

[MancWanderer]

2 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

It was a really odd one, not like he went off on a tricky corner, he was full beans on the beginning of a straight.

Lady luck was with him for sure, driving through a barrier over 140mph and surviving is unreal.

He’s come out of the corner, seen Raikonnen(?) go off to the left and come quickly on to the back of a few cars in front and gone for the gap on the right. Unfortunately he’s not seen that there wasn’t a gap as there was a car on his right. He’s full throttle, bounced tyres, and gone straight into the barrier still accelerating. His mistake imo but thank god he’s alive

[Casino]

7 minutes ago, MancWanderer said:

Wouldn’t surprise me if he didn’t 

The fact that he’s gone through it, coupled with the halo, has meant that he’s alive

Hes been replaced at haas so prob no seat in F1 if perez cant get one

Could go stateside but safety aint as advanced with them nobbers

I guess he calls it a day

I got a bit emotional when he got out...really dont know why

[Rudy]

Just now, Casino said:

Hes been replaced at haas so prob no seat in F1 if perez cant get one

Could go stateside but safety aint as advanced with them nobbers

I guess he calls it a day

I got a bit emotional when he got out...really dont know why

I was so surprised to see him stand over the barricade, really didn’t expect that. 

[Underpants]

These ere fire and safety marshals at the F1 GPs. Is it down for the circuit to provide their own? Or are they part of a big team following the F1 circus around the world? Just wondering because the first person to Romain Grosjean when he got out was a Brit doctor.

[tyldesley_white]

4 minutes ago, Underpants said:

These ere fire and safety marshals at the F1 GPs. Is it down for the circuit to provide their own? Or are they part of a big team following the F1 circus around the world? Just wondering because the first person to Romain Grosjean when he got out was a Brit doctor.

I think it's a bit of both

[MickyD]

2 minutes ago, Underpants said:

These ere fire and safety marshals at the F1 GPs. Is it down for the circuit to provide their own? Or are they part of a big team following the F1 circus around the world? Just wondering because the first person to Romain Grosjean when he got out was a Brit doctor.

The on-track marshalls were busy running away from the scene to save their own lives. Can’t say I blame them, pointless being there if you end up part of the wreckage.

I was a bit disappointed at the efforts of one or two particularly the guy who must’ve been pushing 25 stones and stood there, extinguisher in hand doing fuck all.

By the way Undies, the Brit doctor is supposed to be there or there-abouts. He was following in a fairly fast car for exactly this eventuality.

[Spider]

13 minutes ago, Underpants said:

These ere fire and safety marshals at the F1 GPs. Is it down for the circuit to provide their own? Or are they part of a big team following the F1 circus around the world? Just wondering because the first person to Romain Grosjean when he got out was a Brit doctor.

A medical/safety car follows the racing cars round on the first lap as that’s the most likely time for an accident to happen.

Its the same 2, highly trained guys every time.

 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

40 minutes ago, Spider said:

A medical/safety car follows the racing cars round on the first lap as that’s the most likely time for an accident to happen.

Its the same 2, highly trained guys every time.

 

A nice touch when Grosjean's team boss came over to thank them afterwards. 

[Underpants]

42 minutes ago, Spider said:

A medical/safety car follows the racing cars round on the first lap as that’s the most likely time for an accident to happen.

Its the same 2, highly trained guys every time.

 

Fair enough. What about the guys around the track? I'm sure they are very highly trained and not just flag wavers and fire extinguisher operatives. It just got me thinking after yesterday's accident. Would make sense having the same team at all the races.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Just now, Underpants said:

Fair enough. What about the guys around the track? I'm sure they are very highly trained and not just flag wavers and fire extinguisher operatives. It just got me thinking after yesterday's accident. Would make sense having the same team at all the races.

You get folk from the hosting nation working on the track, but I'm sure they'll be trained to a particular standard.

Whether that manifests itself when an incident occurs I'm not sure.

[Rudy]

The steward who ran across the track has got some bollocks. 
 

[Escobarp]

12 tonnes of force the halo has to be able to handle. Some piece of kit 

[Spider]

20 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

12 tonnes of force the halo has to be able to handle. Some piece of kit 

I bet Little Whitt has lay under more

[Escobarp]

4 minutes ago, Spider said:

I bet Little Whitt has lay under more

Whilst being pissed on no doubt 
 

[tyldesley_white]

37 minutes ago, Underpants said:

Fair enough. What about the guys around the track? I'm sure they are very highly trained and not just flag wavers and fire extinguisher operatives. It just got me thinking after yesterday's accident. Would make sense having the same team at all the races.

The only motor sport I know off ( i'm prepared to be called wrong on this) that as a dedicated safety crew is the NHRA (Drag racing over here). 

some good one here 

 

[Spider]

Hamilton has got Covid so will miss this weekends race.

Be something else if his replacement wins.

Wonder who it’ll be...?

[Rudy]

1 hour ago, Spider said:

Hamilton has got Covid so will miss this weekends race.

Be something else if his replacement wins.

Wonder who it’ll be...?

Hulkenberg or Rosberg