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Old 9 May 2018, 07:34 (Ref:3820961)   #178
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Originally Posted by Damian Baldi View Post
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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