2014 Japanese GP Thread

[rjbetty]

Took a look at pictures. This looks serious. For example looking at the impact on the car the side mirror is gone. The only question is how far into the cockpit did the damaging force get. But it is impossible to know right now.

I wouldn't be surprised if we started discussing about canopies again after this one.

I would be upset if there were any serious head injury consequences to this as I have believed for some time there MUST be some sort of protection, a structure between cockpit and roll-hoop maybe, put in place. I think F1 has been perilously pushing it's luck for a long time in this area.

[truefan72]

Took a look at pictures. This looks serious. For example looking at the impact on the car the side mirror is gone. The only question is how far into the cockpit did the damaging force get. But it is impossible to know right now.

I wouldn't be surprised if we started discussing about canopies again after this one.

I dare say that a canopy in this incident would do far more damage with it being shattered and potentially bigger jagged bits being a real problem.
or the canopy getting pinned down and unable to open. an F1 canopy is a different thing from a le mans car, and plenty of time will have to go into testing etc
so far, its seems to be a freak incident and one that can never really be fully prepared for.

i hope he is ok and will make a full recovery
only time will tell, sigh

[donKey jote]

If not canopies, then safety cars whenever a recovery vehicle is trackside of the fence, at very least in wet races

or at least some sort of defence around the recovery vehicles to prevent cars going under them. like normal trucks have for example...

[truefan72]

If not canopies, then safety cars whenever a recovery vehicle is trackside of the fence, at very least in wet races

lets nor overreact right now.
This accident, for example, seems on par with the canada incident at the end of the race, and perhaps that one was far more violent, it is just that digger and the fact that in the process of recovery another car went off. maybe extending a double waved yellow in the area and reducing the allowable speed might suffice. At most some sort of double yellow area speed limiter might be worth a look

[dj_bytedisaster]

Sutil, having witnessed the accident, was three sheets to the wind. Completely wrecked. The accident must have been horrible. He declined to talk about it.

[donKey jote]

Lets wait and see before we jump to conclusions

[rjbetty]

Unfortunately an article on BBC mentioned this:

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg, who finished second to team-mate Lewis Hamilton, said: "My thoughts are with my colleague. They have given us some information and it seems very, very serious."

Hamilton said he had heard Bianchi was "severely injured".

Article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/29496295

[tfp]

One thing though, he cannot have passed on in the car or else there wouldn't have been the rush to get him to hospital. So for all we know he is still fighting for survival, let's hope for the very best

[Triumph]

There is a series of photographs of the crash scene on the Getty Images website which show the extent of the damage to the car.

I hope this isn't as bad as it looks. Fingers crossed for Jules Bianchi.

[jens]

or at least some sort of defence around the recovery vehicles to prevent cars going under them. like normal trucks have for example...

Okay, this sounds like a sensible idea. Reminds me bumper cars, also protection around them.

Just the question is how to design it not to affect the ability of a digger to functionally work...