johnny g Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Hope he's ok ... I like Massa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Not a great week for motor sport, but HTF does a spring just 'fall' off the back of a car? I'm imagining some kind of 007 device to drop stuff in the path of the car behind.. The Oil slick machine might be a tad obvious.. Really hope that he gets through this ok.. Poor bloke.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 I think something else broke leading to the spring being released. Any head injury is life threatening hence the headlines. But they have expert medics following F1 and they will have given him the best care possible. It could have been much worse if it had clouted his visor! I can't see what they can do in open cockpit racing to stop that sort of freak accident... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Short of making them enclosed cockpits, there's nothing they can do - just a complete freak of an accident, the odds are astronomical that it'll happen again. It's a risk of open-top racing, and all of the drivers know that, every time they get in the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 why not have a closed cockpit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 why not have a closed cockpit? It would be a very tight inclosed cockpit and id think it be more dangerous in most crashes. You'll never know exactly everytime how a roof is going to fold...i.e in or out. Alsohow would the driver get out quickly in event of a fire or pit stop problem etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcol Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 After crashing at the Hungarian gp qualifiers http://msn.planetf1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5453673,00.html Thread merged. Lbm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Yeah, he did the same thing over in the BIG F1 thread yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Kenny Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Hopefully the "life-threatening" bit is just the reporters being sensationalist: http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2009/07/the-latest-from-the-track-on-massa/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Stick 'em in a simulator and have the cars driven by remote control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Kenny Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Good news about Massa... although it looks like he might miss a fair few races: http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2009/07/the-latest-from-the-track-on-massa/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Odds for Schuey climbing in? Or maybe Alonso moving over early? ... interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Good news about Massa... although it looks like he might miss a fair few races: http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2009/07/the-latest-from-the-track-on-massa/ Glad to hear some positive news. I hope he makes a full speedy recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erol_h Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Go lewis hamilton about time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Restorer Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Odds for Schuey climbing in? Or maybe Alonso moving over early? ... interesting. I was thinking the same thing. If Renault are not happy to release Alonso then Ferrari have a lot of experience in Schumi to help them develop the car for the rest of the season. I'm sure the constructors points will come in handy too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 lewis is back ! shame about button would be great to see them battleing for postion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erol_h Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 what is it with kimi ive never seen him smile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Quite enjoyed that one, rather exciting as far as F1 goes. Great race by Lewis, shame he lost his head two weeks ago as his car seems transformed. That footage of Massa's incident during the introduction was scary, wishing him all the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceRocket Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Good first half of the race then the second half was what I thought the whole race would be so not too bad overall. Well done Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Great Result for McLaren - Felt sorry for Alonso....I know I shouldn't but I do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiten55 Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Mclaren are back. better late than never dissapointed with heiki this year though. i i felt his season was going really well up to now, all things considered. really thought there would be mclarens on the podium. obviously not. mind you, isnt he meant to be leaving at the end of the season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Class One Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 The spring that hit him weighed nearly 1kilo and was made of steel and hit his head whilst he was doing approx 150mph. Massa has two fractures of the skull. One at the front over his eye and a basal fracture. The basal one is the serious one. He was kept in a coma as would be expected for that type of injury and woken today by Docs to assess his recovery. I wouldn't have thought that he would be back in a car this season. I wish him a full and speedy reocovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Did Heikki have the same car as Hamilton or are McLaren still running different cars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiten55 Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Did Heikki have the same car as Hamilton or are McLaren still running different cars? far as i know they were both the same cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Great result from Lewis and the team, good to see a bit of form back with them again. The next race will be interesting. On that note: Renault suspended from next race: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8169649.stm Knew jerk reaction to the recent events? I think so. Even though it was pretty stupid of them not to tell Fernando they knew there was a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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