Mark Webber's crash Sunday in F1 - European Grand Prix

[punjabiplaya]

It was a pretty bizarre accident, and dangerous as hell because he instantly lost steering and front brakes on one of the fastest parts of the track.

Yeah, but he was headed straight into the gravel plus the tire wall at an angle. Kovaleinen tboned the barrier at a much higher speed when he was at McLaren and suffered very minor injuries (a bruise iirc). Those cars are insanely safe now, not to say something horrible couldn't happen, but seeing all the crashes that have happened and how the drivers just get out and walk away shows the immense forces those cars can handle vs 10-20 years ago.

edit: also how highly strung the cars are if the front breaks off while under normal race condition braking

 

[SludgeFactory]

I think that the worst blocker in F1, Webber, got a taste of his own medicine. A guy "making his car wide." Heikki started slowly drifting across the track toward the racing line, and he made that move before Webber did. It's Webber's fault for choosing not to give up his momentum when the move was made. He could have stood on the brakes, waited another lap, and dusted Kovaleinen.

Actually Kovaleinen's driving there was pretty mild compared to what I've seen from Webber, who routinely waits until the guy behind him makes the move and then proceeds to drift, weave, block, chop, move over on, or force off track. I always thought it was ironic that Webber was a leader in the drivers' union and a big part of weekend safety discussions and pre-race safety meetings, and then went out on track and made so many asshat moves.

 

[DivideBYZero]

I think that the worst blocker in F1, Webber, got a taste of his own medicine. A guy "making his car wide." Heikki started slowly drifting across the track toward the racing line, and he made that move before Webber did. It's Webber's fault for choosing not to give up his momentum when the move was made. He could have stood on the brakes, waited another lap, and dusted Kovaleinen.

Actually Kovaleinen's driving there was pretty mild compared to what I've seen from Webber, who routinely waits until the guy behind him makes the move and then proceeds to drift, weave, block, chop, move over on, or force off track. I always thought it was ironic that Webber was a leader in the drivers' union and a big part of weekend safety discussions and pre-race safety meetings, and then went out on track and made so many asshat moves.

If he can't deal with Heike, Kobayashi would have messed with Webber's head.