Sport The Formula 1 Thread

[Dudley]

Yeah, just leave the motionless F1 driver in his car, don't consider sending medical help.

[Halo]

That looks nasty

[Big Gus]

For fucks sakes, this looks bad. Yeah just try and winch the car out with him in it? Principality Pricks.

[marsh]

Are you posting by dictating this to a friend?

Pidgeons mate.

[mexos]

Where's the medical car?!

[Dudley]

And finally something that looks like medical help arrives.

Fucking hell I hope non-Perez heads roll for that, utterly fucking pathetic.

Oooh, that's basically exactly Wendlinger's crash.

[exwhyzed]

Carbon copy of Rosberg's accident.

[marsh]

Fuck that, sickening accident.

[Big Gus]

While it was "good" to see the crash once to go over it in slow mo is a bit much.

[marsh]

I would imagine judging by the response (when it finally arrived) I'm guessing he's not very well at all.

[Dudley]

Yes, let's show it again a lot.

Monaco gets a lot of get out clauses but hiring a medical team and a TV director from 1948 should not be two of them.

[reani_]

Even in the replay it looked nasty - from almost full speed to zero in one or two meters!

I hope he's okay.

[Dudley]

I would imagine judging by the response (when it finally arrived) I'm guessing he's not very well at all.

Yeah and I hope if it is something we never find out if a medical team from this century would have made a difference.

On a related slightly insensitive note, this is Martin's first time as a commentator dealing with something like this, I think he's doing very well.

[The Bag]

Hopefully none of the broken suspension has intruded into the car in the impact.

[Guest]

Hope he's ok.

[wev]

oh shit, canopies over the crash? thats never really good is it

[mexos]

I hate it when they bring the sheets out. Just don't point your effing lenses there.

[Big Gus]

Cut to Jake and Eddie you vultures.

[PaulM]

oh shit, canopies over the crash? thats never really good is it

I'm not reading much into that, it's bloody hot there, and as Martin pointed out, it keeps the cameras away from him. Still, fucking horrible crash, keeping my fingers crossed for him.

[marsh]

oh shit, canopies over the crash? thats never really good is it

Fairly standard fair in this day and age.

[Dudley]

Cut to Jake and Eddie you vultures.

Yeah if I was the BBC I'd have said fuck this shit and just blanked the replays.

[wev]

Fairly standard fair in this day and age.

Maybe, but so's reacting quickly to such an accident.

[marsh]

Must be fairly stable or they wouldn't have moved him.

[Cheeko]

I think it's a bit much to be able to expect an ambulance to appear immediately anywhere on the track, it is a street circuit after all. Also, there are other F1 cars travelling around the track and you can't just go launching an ambulance into their path.

There are a lot of safety measures in place to maximise safety for everyone but F1 is still a dangerous game, you can't cover for everything.

[Wallace]

Still looks faster than Hispania...

[The Bag]

Monocoque looks intacted

[JPR]

At least the safety cell seems intact and the car crash structures appear to have done what they're supposed to do.

[Dudley]

I think it's a bit much to be able to expect an ambulance to appear immediately anywhere on the track, it is a street circuit after all. Also, there are other F1 cars travelling around the track and you can't just go launching an ambulance into their path.

There are a lot of safety measures in place to maximise safety for everyone but F1 is still a dangerous game, you can't cover for everything.

There's a gigantic escape road right there where one should be.

Not to mention the marshals waited for just about forever then sneaked around the barrier like they were hunting fucking smugglers or something. There was no sense of urgency whatsoever.

[exwhyzed]

I think it's a bit much to be able to expect an ambulance to appear immediately anywhere on the track, it is a street circuit after all. Also, there are other F1 cars travelling around the track and you can't just go launching an ambulance into their path.

Yeah response was fine.

[Guest]

Big sigh of relief.