Williams garage fire

**Somebody** · 13th May 12, 16:35

Apparently a KERS fire, which happened over an hour after the race, and there are injuries, but Frank Williams just appeared on Sky okay.

**Mark** · 13th May 12, 16:40

Wow. Proper massive fire. Puts a downer on their win.

**christophulus** · 13th May 12, 16:43

Wow

yfrog Photo : http://yfrog.com/nzpddxtj Shared by GP1FOXSPORTS

**gloomyDAY** · 13th May 12, 16:59

**christophulus** · 13th May 12, 17:03

**truefan72** · 13th May 12, 17:07

madness

hope everyone comes out alright

**Powered by Cosworth** · 13th May 12, 17:12

From the BBC forum, hope nobody is hurt too badly.

**christophulus** · 13th May 12, 17:25

Caterham F1 confirming that four team members are in the medical centre with minor injuries

http://hosted-p0.vresp.com/843201/c43c482716/ARCHIVE

**ioan** · 13th May 12, 17:26

That's quite a big downturn for Williams after the win. Hope they are fine and the injured people's lives are not in danger.

**truefan72** · 13th May 12, 17:34

hmm

revealing video from the bbc

much worse than I expected

**Dave B** · 13th May 12, 17:34

A couple of updates:

Originally Posted by Kate Walker ‏ @F1Kate

Caterham just released a statement on the fire. Four injured in their team, 3 respiratory and 1 injured hand.

Originally Posted by Maurice Hamilton ‏ @MauriceHamilton

Unconfirmed #f1 summary: 4 Williams, 4 Caterham in medical centre 1 Force India removed to hopsital. Fire not started by Kers. Fuel ignited

**steveaki13** · 13th May 12, 20:43

Bad news.

This is such a downer after what was a great day in the recent history of Williams.

Lets hope everyone is OK with no serious injuries and all can be in Monaco in a couple of weeks.

Says here a KERS fire that caused a fuel fire???? How could that happen. Bizzare

BBC Sport - Spanish Grand Prix: Williams crew injured in pit fire

**Mark** · 13th May 12, 20:51

But there have been reports it was nothing to do with KERS. Even if it was it's easy to see possibilities. It uses batteries which can get hot or can spark both of which could cause fuel to ignite.

**Stuartf12007** · 13th May 12, 21:04

Spanish fire firghters were on strike

**call_me_andrew** · 14th May 12, 02:04

I was uner the impression that Williams uses a flywheel based KERS instead of an electric system.

**Mr Alca-Tazizzle** · 14th May 12, 02:57

Details are still vague but one eyeball-witness saw Maldo, and Checo puffing some splif of some crackin' ganja right before smoke was discovered.
When questioned Maldo's only comment was:

Like zow bro, like total bummer duuuude

**SteveA** · 14th May 12, 08:25

Originally Posted by christophulus

Wow

yfrog Photo : http://yfrog.com/nzpddxtj Shared by GP1FOXSPORTS

The car in this picture has not been damaged by fire, even the hydraulic reservoirs are intact.

**Mark** · 14th May 12, 08:41

Originally Posted by call_me_andrew

I was uner the impression that Williams uses a flywheel based KERS instead of an electric system.

They developed a flywheel based system but never raced it, they've been using battery KERS since 2011.

**F1boat** · 14th May 12, 08:41

I hope that the injured people will be OK and that Williams Renault will be fully competitive in Monaco!

**SGWilko** · 14th May 12, 10:25

Originally Posted by call_me_andrew

I was uner the impression that Williams uses a flywheel based KERS instead of an electric system.

They do have such a thing, but they abandoned it for F1 application, and are heavily involved in working with public service vehicle manufaturers in using it to store kinetic energy is buses etc.

They are using a battery KERS in F1. Not sure if it is an in house solution, or part of the Renault deal though.