Hekki wrecks R8 LMS at the ROC
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Hekki wrecks R8 LMS at the ROC
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He got knocked out by it at first with his girlfirend in the car as well. He gets out but was taken to hospital that night.
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If he got knocked out, there has to be some sort of safety issue with the car or track. I have seen drivers get away from harder impacts and just walk into the ambulance. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that he wasnt wearing a HANS device?
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His girlfriend fractured her Pelvis and has some muscle damage in her leg...
Was a nasty shunt since the throttle jammed open aswell....
Was a nasty shunt since the throttle jammed open aswell....
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Like i said, somethings gotta be wrong safety-wise. I mean any crash hurts, but that wasnt the hardest I have seen for the injuries caused
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from what i can see the rear suspension colapse as he touches the wall on exit of previouse corner and then he dosen't know till it is time to brake which then sends it into the barriers :/
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After watching a couple more times, i can agree with that Ash. A hard hit
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The final impact was on concrete which is why the car and he took so much damage, the impact was partially because of the rubbing with the wall just before the start line which may have broke something on the right rear suspension. Atleast nothing major happend though could have been a lot worse especially if they had specators in the first few rows!
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Exactly, that shouldnt be just concrete Imo. They should have some tires there or at least some hay bales
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Tyre's would be the solution i think as they do the same job as concrete but create a lot less damage to the car and driver good called Nightrider
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Its generally a relitively low speed event in a very confined space. Where i agree that safety should always be the paramount concern (thats exactly why there are no spectators in the front rows) i can see why they didnt do it, the speeds shouldnt be excessively high and there should be some retardation from braking from that low speed even if they do overcook it.
Its just the organisors trying to maximise the space they have (very limited in a stadium like with the ROC) I think the Bigger mistake was having such fast cars on such a small track!
In 2008 the track had Ice on it and we had no such dangerous incidents in Wembely where the fastest cars were the Ford Focus WRC's.
Its just the organisors trying to maximise the space they have (very limited in a stadium like with the ROC) I think the Bigger mistake was having such fast cars on such a small track!
In 2008 the track had Ice on it and we had no such dangerous incidents in Wembely where the fastest cars were the Ford Focus WRC's.
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Maybe they should use an actual race track then? I always found the confined space a bit rediculous for racing full sized cars. It would make for an interesting kart track though
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They idea of big cars on the small RoC makes for brilliant racing though and it wouldn't be the same on an actual race track.
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Plus they want you to see the whole track from where your sitting in the stands, I watched that live and it was the suspension that gave way and when touched the brakes lost control and the throttle sticking also didnt help, but agree with thought about silly to have the R8 and the nascar on this track
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Exactly, im not saying the small track is a bad idea, just having the huge heavy rwd cars on it. The Focus and Audi quatro made sense (not sure if they had them this year, but i remember them in prior years) as they were designed for tight rally stages, but a NASCAR and an R8 Lms which are designed for wider, more open tracks, is a little dangerous
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That was pretty impressive. I remember Kristensen having a pretty enormous crash in a XBow last year. Doesn't really matter what the car, it's all down to the constraints of the track and respect thereof.
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Slider S15 wrote:His girlfriend fractured her Pelvis
Ouch.
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