The 'where is Manny' Singapore GP chat and predictions

I don't think that was Alex Zanardi , he legs were lost at the moment of impact .

As has been said by Eddie Squid , sounds like MD's crash .

Or Possibly Kubica in Canada ?

 

That's the one I am talking about.

 

Have to be honest , I have never seen that before . If it is Alex Zanardi ( and I don't think it is looking at the helmet colour ) , it's not the crash I am thinking of , and it's definitely not Donnely or Kubica .

Alex Tagliani perhaps ?

 

Think that guys name was Fox? Indy mid 90s anyway.

 

Stan Fox. Indy 500, 1995.

The difference between these crashes and Vettel's were that they were catastrophic monocoque failures where and Vettel simply lost his nose cone.

 

No, I am not comparing them.... I was just thinking back about that particular accident and wondering about the safety measures with regards to the nose cones etc.

 

This is also a very lucky one too..thanks God the cars have much more safety features than previous.

 

I think there was something iffy about that car. Can't remember the blokes name but didn't he buy that from Ferrari?

Despite the technology we have now, drivers are still at risk of serious leg injury. Just look at Billy Monger.

 

When you see the onboard video from that accident it's absolutely terrifying. No amount of car design is going to help anyone in that sort of situation.

 

It was absolutely sickening.

 

And I think he did his own alterations to the car...that was not recommended...

 

Even kubica got pretty lucky in Canada a few years back. Was just a broken ankle I think. Although in that case given the impact the car really couldn't have performed better.

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Was he injured at all ? Not doubting you , simply cannot remember .

 

I think he was just knocked about.. nothing major.

 

Poleaxed ?

 

*laughs* Pretty much.

 

I think it's probably the worst crash I've witnessed live because the in car camera feed made it seem a 'first-person' accident, I even remember reacting to the impact and knew he'd lost both feet immediately. There was also the unpreparedness of it, normally when you see an accident like that it's a recording of something you know will happen, so it's missing the sudden shock. It actually freaked me out for a few days, possibly suppressed memory from mine.

 

Those accidents are frightening. The fact that most times people come out uninjured or with little injury says the safety features work...at least most of the time. Although I hate that contraption they want to put in front of the drivers. It looks distracting and will impair vision. Just does not look right.

 

I'd read that it was Schuey's car from Silverstone 1999 that had been rebuilt following his own leg-breaking accident. The rebuilt car was never intended to be raced but used as a show car, so the front was never fully rebuilt properly.

 

WOW....Well that guy was lucky not to lose half of his body.