Deutschland rally 2016

[Astro83]

Huge accident... thanks god Lefebvre and Moreau got away alive with only bone and stress fractures. Get well soon guys.

+1

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Any news what they hit... that's big front damage and worrying that they werent better protected.

Reminds me of when Breen's codriver Gareth Roberts was killed when a barrier came through the car...

[the sniper]

Any news what they hit... that's big front damage and worrying that they werent better protected.

Reminds me of when Breen's codriver Gareth Roberts was killed when a barrier came through the car...

Autosport/David Evans believes it was a tree: http://www.autosport.com/news/report...ighspeed-crash

[N.O.T]

Any news what they hit... that's big front damage and worrying that they werent better protected.

Reminds me of when Breen's codriver Gareth Roberts was killed when a barrier came through the car...

How is the accident similar ? you see any barriers around ? How can cars be better protected from front end crashes ?

[Eli]

well at least they're fine and only have minor injuries (Gabin), could have been a lot worse...fingers crossed they get well soon.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

One of the worst things you can hit as they are just solid and dont give way.

Must've been a huge negative g stop, hence the internal injuries.

[Mirek]

Must've been a huge negative g stop, hence the internal injuries.

The human body is very interesting thing. Some organs are critically damaged by acceleration, some by movement, some only by deformation. For most of the internal organs the critical criterion is movement inside the body hence the 6-points wide seat belts. Acceleration is critical mainly for the brain and the deformation mainly for legs, hands and spine. The heavy head is now kept on place by HANS but in the same time the restrained head sufferes a lot more from acceleration of the brain. That's why modern helmets intended for use with HANS have special internal structure to soften the acceleration. Normally a healthy person can survive around 100 g for some milliseconds but common g-meters can't measure such short peaks. Only sppecial accelerometers used in crash tests are able to do so. That's why the numbers often presented on public are pure BS such as " he survived huge 20g". I would estimate that You can achieve a lot over 20g by a football header

[COD]

Than god they are ok. But with higher cornering speeds next year....

[PLuto]

Than god they are ok. But with higher cornering speeds next year....

Yes, thats the reason why I am afraid of new WRC monsters...

[N.O.T]

What is your opinion on the Isle of Man TT ?

None is forcing anyone to drive, you know.