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Old 9 May 2018, 04:27 (Ref:3820951)   #176
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Update about Fittipaldi health, he speaks.

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The shunt caused an open fracture in the Brazilian’s left leg, and a break near the ankle of his right leg and he was taken to hospital in Liege for initial care.
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"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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Old 9 May 2018, 07:31 (Ref:3820960)   #177
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At least one Porsche did over 320km/h in 2015 as well.
Yeah and as someone else wrote already, toyota was able to do >320km/h as well; difference is that porsche and toyota insane top speed were isolated spots given by seldom and fortuite conditions; BR1 SMP have been constantly in the >320km/h range from FP2. It's quite different.

Anyway, dallara and electronics supplier (is it cosworth?) should really engage in debug mode to find a fix, preventing other issues like dragonspeed car happening again.

Just image a BR1 SMP at about 350km/h at the end of first mulsanne sector and suddenly car shuts down
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Old 9 May 2018, 07:34 (Ref:3820961)   #178
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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."
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!
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Old 9 May 2018, 13:16 (Ref:3821025)   #179
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Good to hear his recovery might be faster than initially forecasted.

After that I doubt he will be back in the BR/Dallara for the Petit-Fuji clash (providing Dragonspeed continues in the championship).
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Old 9 May 2018, 13:31 (Ref:3821030)   #180
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Yes good he is recovering, but shame his season is ruined. Will he be back this season? Who knows
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Old 9 May 2018, 17:27 (Ref:3821092)   #181
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I took this picture as they were loading the Dragonspeed car onto the truck. It looks to me like the tub has been cut on the top part in front of the screen, although I didn't notice a lot of power tool noise when they were getting Fittipaldi out.

The left front corner was really hanging off, and it looked like there might have been some tub penetration from wheel/suspension, which you can sort of see in the picture just behind the wheel.

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Old 9 May 2018, 17:31 (Ref:3821096)   #182
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Thanks for the photo. Looks a complete write off. Be lucky to see that car out again. Pietro is one lucky boy
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Old 9 May 2018, 21:13 (Ref:3821141)   #183
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The video of the SMP flying.

The car comes through the outside part of the kerbs, maybe the car moved before the exit.


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Old 9 May 2018, 21:15 (Ref:3821142)   #184
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Right. That just about settles the 'did it fly or didn't it?' question...... Scary.
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The video of the SMP flying.

The car comes through the outside part of the kerbs, maybe the car moved before the exit.


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Yowser! Terrifying.
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Old 9 May 2018, 21:50 (Ref:3821148)   #186
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I don’t think I’ve seen that very often
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I wonder if Elton Julian has seen that video. Might want an explanation for that one too.
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Right. That just about settles the 'did it fly or didn't it?' question...... Scary.
You were right, that thing definitely took flight. Seems the Dallara has a LOT of issues to rectify.
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It really flew high. It’s very rare you see that sort of thing, so serious questions need answering
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Not really Dallara, still way too much unknown about the crash for that. This footage is very inconclusive.
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Scary

That can't race until its proven safe

Lucky escape for Spa and WEC
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There is a joke in here somewhere about Dallara's low downforce set up but it's too late for me to work it out.

Just glad the lad got out in one piece and no marshals were hurt, AFAIK.
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It does send shivers down your spine just thinking about it. Thankfully Pietro is ok and no one else was involved, as it so easily could have been a different story
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It does send shivers down your spine just thinking about it. Thankfully Pietro is ok and no one else was involved, as it so easily could have been a different story
Does anyone think Jenson is getting cold feet?
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Odd thing is that the car is way off the racing line when it took flight. There's a discussion going on at Mulsanne's Corner FB page on if the curbs or sleeping policemen got the nose airborne enough that it took flight.


A previous but similar incident involved an open wheel car at the same corner, too.
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Yeah, until we know why he was all the way over there we can't really say anything about this. With that speed, even a small bump like that could send the car flying over that hill.
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No. He's going to test the car at Magny-Cours.
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No. He's going to test the car at Magny-Cours.
The car is already there according to endurance-info, not sure on Button though.
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The SMP incident is the first flip since the fender holes and fins were implemented that didn't involve compromised aerodynamics(sofar as we can tell).

It will be interesting to learn if the raised lines were solely at fault or if aerodynamic development has created a new issue to be solved - the aero on the current LMPs is VERY different from what was around when those pieces were put in place, after all.

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The SMP incident is the first flip since the fender holes and fins were implemented that didn't involve compromised aerodynamics(sofar as we can tell).

It will be interesting to learn if the raised lines were solely at fault or if aerodynamic development has created a new issue to be solved - the aero on the current LMPs is VERY different from what was around when those pieces were put in place, after all.
Wait to see what the team comes up with but from that video, he's carrying a lot of speed, off-line, in a bad position to be behind a Toyota that has just punched a hole through the air.

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