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I'm surprised you've had to dodge the auto-censor there, I wouldn't have thought the word 'swimming' would be deemed offensive!
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Menu did end up in a ditch at Thruxton in 1996 in the Laguna as well, I remember seeing the footage of it when Murray Walker recalled that particular race on his Motorsport Spectacular VHS.
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In terms of sheer violence, the biggest crash was the Dave Brodie/Dave Matthews/Gavin Booth incident at Silverstone in 1973. It ended Brodie's season, ended Matthew's career, and I think Booth succumbed to the after affects of his injuries a few months later. A horrible accident.
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So how about we look at it in terms of facts: 24 cars took the grid for R1 - 9 of them didn't complete the first lap. So just over a third of the grid (not half). Of the 9 cars that failed to complete the first lap, 3 of them were on the grid for the next race, leaving 6 cars unable to compete. Another 3 cars were repaired before the last race of the day. Of the 3 cars that were unable to compete in the later races that day - only Pinkney and Ferrier failed to appear at KnockHill. So instead of exaggerating the consequences of the crash - perhaps it is better to recognise that Jackson's accident at BH resulted in two cars being unable to compete at Knockhill. |
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It was, the late Frank de Jong proved it - http://touringcarracing.net/Races/19...tone%20GP.html
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So the accident caused just two absences. The rest of the absences had nothing to do with the crash. Enough said! |
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I'm getting sick to the teeth of this entire forum with all the bickering and being treated like an idiot. I can just imagine all of our heads as the cars involved in the Snetterton pile-up in 1993.
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