Kubica Crash

For those that missed it. Frightening!
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e64_1181508083

"Uwe Schürkamp" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:48:52 -0400, Lancelot wrote:
>> For those that missed it. Frightening!
>> http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e64_1181508083
>>
>>
>
> True! It reminded me much of Katherine Legge's horrific crash at Road
> Amaerica last year(?), unbelievable she walked away from that one and
> was smiling and waving at the cameras not one hour later. Robert really
> had a "Schutzengel" on Sunday, I feared for the worst when TV showed his
> head not moving when his car (or what remained of it) came to a stop.
>
> Cheers, uwe
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Katherine's wreck was much more horrific imo.

"John Smith" > wrote in message
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> "Uwe Schürkamp" > wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:48:52 -0400, Lancelot wrote:
>>> For those that missed it. Frightening!
>>> http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e64_1181508083
>>>
>>>
>>
>> True! It reminded me much of Katherine Legge's horrific crash at Road
>> Amaerica last year(?), unbelievable she walked away from that one and
>> was smiling and waving at the cameras not one hour later. Robert really
>> had a "Schutzengel" on Sunday, I feared for the worst when TV showed his
>> head not moving when his car (or what remained of it) came to a stop.
>>
>> Cheers, uwe
>>
>>
>> --
>> GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61
>
> Katherine's wreck was much more horrific imo.
>
I agree after seeing it! Hideous wreck! Found a vid of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGk16hK5IFE

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> "John Smith" > wrote in message
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> > "Uwe Schürkamp" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:48:52 -0400, Lancelot wrote:
> >>> For those that missed it. Frightening!
> >>> http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e64_1181508083
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> True! It reminded me much of Katherine Legge's horrific crash at Road
> >> Amaerica last year(?), unbelievable she walked away from that one and
> >> was smiling and waving at the cameras not one hour later. Robert really
> >> had a "Schutzengel" on Sunday, I feared for the worst when TV showed his
> >> head not moving when his car (or what remained of it) came to a stop.
> >>
> >> Cheers, uwe
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61
> >
> > Katherine's wreck was much more horrific imo.
> >
> I agree after seeing it! Hideous wreck! Found a vid of it.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGk16hK5IFE
>
>
>
Not sure I do. Her impact on the wall seems more at an angle, which
would have reduced the amount of energy transfer from the impact and
hence why the car didn't travel that far away from the wall that it
impacted.

If you look at the wall that Kubica's car hit you can see that, at the
point of impact, it was not running parallel to the track, but actually
coming back out towards the track, resulting in his car being more
'head-on', requiring a much larger energy transfer and resulting in the
car bouncing all the way over to the other side. Fortunately for him,
the medical teams were there in only a few seconds, which I believe
improved his chances markedly.


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>> "John Smith" > wrote in message
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>> > "Uwe Schürkamp" > wrote in message
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>> >> On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:48:52 -0400, Lancelot wrote:
>> >>> For those that missed it. Frightening!
>> >>> http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e64_1181508083
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> True! It reminded me much of Katherine Legge's horrific crash at Road
>> >> Amaerica last year(?), unbelievable she walked away from that one and
>> >> was smiling and waving at the cameras not one hour later. Robert
>> >> really
>> >> had a "Schutzengel" on Sunday, I feared for the worst when TV showed
>> >> his
>> >> head not moving when his car (or what remained of it) came to a stop.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers, uwe
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61
>> >
>> > Katherine's wreck was much more horrific imo.
>> >
>> I agree after seeing it! Hideous wreck! Found a vid of it.
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGk16hK5IFE
>>
>>
>>
> Not sure I do. Her impact on the wall seems more at an angle, which
> would have reduced the amount of energy transfer from the impact and
> hence why the car didn't travel that far away from the wall that it
> impacted.
>
> If you look at the wall that Kubica's car hit you can see that, at the
> point of impact, it was not running parallel to the track, but actually
> coming back out towards the track, resulting in his car being more
> 'head-on', requiring a much larger energy transfer and resulting in the
> car bouncing all the way over to the other side. Fortunately for him,
> the medical teams were there in only a few seconds, which I believe
> improved his chances markedly.

He had no injuries in the 1st place what did the med crew do? Looking at the
tub it's amazing that he didn't have 2 broken ankels. Looks like the tubs on
the F1 cars need to be beefed up some.
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John Smith wrote:

> He had no injuries in the 1st place what did the med crew do? Looking at the
> tub it's amazing that he didn't have 2 broken ankels. Looks like the tubs on
> the F1 cars need to be beefed up some.

You're kidding right? That's the most amazing display of structural
integrity ever, what the hell would you beef up?


Don McCorkle

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> >> > "Uwe Schürkamp" > wrote in message
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> >> >> On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:48:52 -0400, Lancelot wrote:
> >> >>> For those that missed it. Frightening!
> >> >>> http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e64_1181508083
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >> True! It reminded me much of Katherine Legge's horrific crash at Road
> >> >> Amaerica last year(?), unbelievable she walked away from that one and
> >> >> was smiling and waving at the cameras not one hour later. Robert
> >> >> really
> >> >> had a "Schutzengel" on Sunday, I feared for the worst when TV showed
> >> >> his
> >> >> head not moving when his car (or what remained of it) came to a stop.
> >> >>
> >> >> Cheers, uwe
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61
> >> >
> >> > Katherine's wreck was much more horrific imo.
> >> >
> >> I agree after seeing it! Hideous wreck! Found a vid of it.
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGk16hK5IFE
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Not sure I do. Her impact on the wall seems more at an angle, which
> > would have reduced the amount of energy transfer from the impact and
> > hence why the car didn't travel that far away from the wall that it
> > impacted.
> >
> > If you look at the wall that Kubica's car hit you can see that, at the
> > point of impact, it was not running parallel to the track, but actually
> > coming back out towards the track, resulting in his car being more
> > 'head-on', requiring a much larger energy transfer and resulting in the
> > car bouncing all the way over to the other side. Fortunately for him,
> > the medical teams were there in only a few seconds, which I believe
> > improved his chances markedly.
>
> He had no injuries in the 1st place what did the med crew do? Looking at the
> tub it's amazing that he didn't have 2 broken ankels. Looks like the tubs on
> the F1 cars need to be beefed up some.

Was he not unconscious. That's head trauma of some kind in my medical
book.

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> Was he not unconscious. That's head trauma of some kind in my medical
> book.

I'm not sure that was ever confirmed?

"Tim Wheatley" > wrote in message
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>> Was he not unconscious. That's head trauma of some kind in my medical
>> book.
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> I'm not sure that was ever confirmed?
>
In any case, it appeared to be a SAFER barrier wall and I would bet the farm
if it were pure concrete it could have been much worse.


Ed

> In any case, it appeared to be a SAFER barrier wall and I would bet the farm
> if it were pure concrete it could have been much worse.
>
> Ed

Standard concrete block walls, seen on many street circuits also (such
as Long Beach).

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