Geo Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 never seen this before, if its a repost, well i dont care. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8624276.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 I like how he tried to steer the car away from the barrier even though he has no front wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Lol, he must have sh1t himself when both them wheels fell off:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Crazy dangerous if it happens in a race!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 I'm not quite sure as a driver what you do in that instance! A bit like when Webber took a flight at Le-Mans. At what point would he have taken his foot of the brakes? When he was looking out of the window at sky or ground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 WTF happened there. I await CW's theory on the failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Apparently it was an upright failure... a simultaneous upright failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 WTF Someone is going to have some answers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 2 new front wheels and a fresh set of underpants and he'll be good to go!.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Jeez, can you imagine if that was going into the first corner from the start, no braking and no steering, ouch indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Jeez, can you imagine if that was going into the first corner from the start, no braking and no steering, ouch indeed And 2 wheels flying into other cars at high speed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceRocket Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Holy mega crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Incredible. Apparently it was an upright failure... a simultaneous upright failure. How does that happen then?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 How does that happen then?? Probably from slamming your brakes on at 200mph? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Probably from slamming your brakes on at 200mph? Bit of a rubbish racing car if it can't handle that. It's not as if they weigh much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Someone's off to the job centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 He will use NA brakes and 20" blingers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 How does that happen then?? I am guessing that both uprights would be 100% identical, we are not talking production car tolerances here, there for both likely to fail in the same way. With a fair weight of down force plus the additional stress of braking hard for a corner it look like they both gave way in the same way. I guess its a balance between strength, longevity and weight and they got it wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Incredible. How does that happen then?? Beyond being poorly designed? Apparently one failed, which meant the load on the other increased until it then failed. They've supposedly decided not to use these "experimental" uprights for the rest of the weekend and have gone back to an old version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 what happened to the wheel tethers? If that had been race day people in the stands could have been killed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 what happened to the wheel tethers? They're attached to the uprights that snapped presumably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 "...I only told you to blow the bloody doors off...!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_jekyll Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 holly chicken cesar salad batman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 If that had been race day people in the stands could have been killed. As it says on the back of every ticket... "MOTORSPORT IS DANGEROUS". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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