I've never seen anything like this happen before!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/8624276.stm
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I've never seen anything like this happen before!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/8624276.stm
woa! wtf
i like how he applies opposite lock with no stearing at all lol
I've seen it happen with one wheel, shortly after a pit stop (memory fails me) but both, without seemingly any cause?
It looks like the left tyre blows out and then departs from the wheel, but the right just sheers clean off - be interesting to hear if there's a reason
According to Torro Rosso it was a front right upright that failed. New parts that hadn't been used before. The failure on the right caused too much loading on the left as well, hence both wheels come off. Plus the teathers were attached to those parts.
Another reason testing should be allowed during the season?
stress on the upright killed it, could have been nasty if it was a highspeed corner in a race...
The Beeb wont stream it to Ireland and the F1 have already posted a copymoan claim against the clip on youtube. :(
Wow - that could have been so nasty!
Fortunate that it wasn't a worse crash, and as a result extremely comical to imagine what the driver thought when both of his front wheels decided to say "laters" and do one.
"Noooo, come back!"
Real men don't need front wheels to win F1.... ;)
Hes one lucky pilot!
The closest I've seen has been Kimi's right-front suspension collapsing under braking on the last lap at the Nurburgring in 2005 (due to vibration from an earlier lockup). The other was for Coulthard in practice at Sepang in 2008 was, both front suspensions failed after he ran wide past a kerb and both front wheels came adrift. One wheel did fly off of Coulthard's car, but otherwise in both instances the tethers managed to hold.
You've got a PM. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by aidanjt
I so read the title wrong first time, "Brown" .... pants moment... then I saw F1 and had to rethink what it was about.
Wow, Brown pants indeed......
Camera man was lucky too - that wheel impacted quite near him.
My favourite bit of the story is Buemi's reaction to it all when he got back to the pits.
I can't imagine I would have been so nonchalant about it if that had happened to me!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sebastien Buemi
It wouldn't have changed anything on this accident though, the teams wouldn't have tested between Malaysia and China, and FPs have always been used for testing new parts. Never seen such a spectacular fail as this though.Quote:
Originally Posted by 99Flake
But I agree in-season testing should be allowed, at least with all the teams testing in the same location at the same time.
Should tethers also be attached to the chassis rather than suspension components?
Wasn't there talk of testing days being 'formal' attractions for the fans at one point? If there were well publicised multi-team tests at a UK track I'd certainly be tempted to attend - I know such things have happened in the past but you have to know about them well in advance - add in a few extras perhaps (have a go in a simulator?)...Quote:
Originally Posted by midzt
Possibly a rule change for next year...Quote:
Originally Posted by midzt
I don't agree. At least when this happens on a Friday practise you have the full compliment of safety officials and medial resources to deal with it. And they are the test sessions, often much cheaper than the qualy and race sessions.Quote:
Originally Posted by midzt
Testing outside of race weekends means the teams have to pay for the track and all the safety/medical facilities, rather than the TV companies. And while it was fun to go to one test session just to witness the speed at first hand, it's not really much of a spectator sport unless the drivers are involved (as they are on friday to perfect their setup as well as trying out new parts).