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Originally Posted by Damian Baldi
Update about Fittipaldi health, he speaks.
"The car just shut off the entire hydraulic system from the steering wheel and it got hard, so I could not turn. I was above 250km/h [155mph] and tried to brake, but unfortunately it wasn't possible to slow down and the car went straight on into the wall."
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I'd speculate that it was the extreme compression the cars experience through Eau Rouge/Raidillon which caused the failure.
Glad the lad's seemingly making a good recovery, good news!