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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: albitz on 06 February 2011, 18:11:24
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Had an awful crash in a rally car today. Multiple fractures, and surgeons are trying to save one of his hands.Hope he recovers ok.
Wish I hadnt watched any news today, its all very bad. :(
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jeez - hope he's OK Albs :o
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Sounds bad:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5ga0wHS5RSZkeZ8_l3O5diAD7VKIg?docId=N0579431297008292660A
Does not say what kind of Rally it was, must have been a classic or something, as modern Rally cars can be trashed at 100 mph+ and drivers just walk away :-/
Guessing driver side went into wall, and car had no roll cage :-/
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i think he was in Jan Kopecky's Skoda Fabia WRC Tunnie so its a pretty new spec - probably saved his life :y
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Yep, full spec modern rally car. If you hit an old church wall flat out (which is apparently what happened) no car can give full protection. Saw the car on the news - front o/s was totally mangled.
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Sounds bad:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5ga0wHS5RSZkeZ8_l3O5diAD7VKIg?docId=N0579431297008292660A
Does not say what kind of Rally it was, must have been a classic or something, as modern Rally cars can be trashed at 100 mph+ and drivers just walk away :-/
Guessing driver side went into wall, and car had no roll cage :-/
:o
Best wishes to Kubica. That was a definate future WDC there. Fingers crossed he still will be.
Quite a detailed thread about it on PH;
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=42&t=961469&mid=0&nmt=Robert+kubica+seriously+injured
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he had a partially severed right hand that may end his f1 career, although given the rarity of talented drivers like him, and the amount invested in him, if its humanly possible, he'll race again :(
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I hope he will be ok soon..
but every racer knows that sooner or later this can happen.. if you go full throttle on twisty , muddy roads its inevitable one day you will pick a bad card from the deck.. :-/
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he had a partially severed right hand that may end his f1 career, although given the rarity of talented drivers like him, and the amount invested in him, if its humanly possible, he'll race again :(
According to the PH link he is moving his fingers
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he had a partially severed right hand that may end his f1 career, although given the rarity of talented drivers like him, and the amount invested in him, if its humanly possible, he'll race again :(
According to the PH link he is moving his fingers
Yes I read that as well,also talk of recovery in a few months rather than a year or so reported yesterday :y
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http://uk.autoblog.com/2011/02/16/simulation-shows-horror-of-kubica-rally-crash/?icid=main|uk|dl8|link4|http%3A%2F%2Fuk.autoblog.com%2F2011%2F02%2F16%2Fsimulation-shows-horror-of-kubica-rally-crash%2F
I've seen some other pictures which show the armco going in the front of the car... and out of the back of it - exactly like that reconstruction video above.
It seems they were very lucky that one or the other of the occupants wasn't killed outright by the armco going straight through their ribcage!
What was that you were saying about crashing at 100mph and being fine, tunnie? ;)
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http://uk.autoblog.com/2011/02/16/simulation-shows-horror-of-kubica-rally-crash/?icid=main|uk|dl8|link4|http%3A%2F%2Fuk.autoblog.com%2F2011%2F02%2F16%2Fsimulation-shows-horror-of-kubica-rally-crash%2F
I've seen some other pictures which show the armco going in the front of the car... and out of the back of it - exactly like that reconstruction video above.
It seems they were very lucky that one or the other of the occupants wasn't killed outright by the armco going straight through their ribcage!
What was that you were saying about crashing at 100mph and being fine, tunnie? ;)
Crikey, that video caused a tight buttock clench! I can't imagine how the guy felt as it actually happened. I sincerely hope he makes a good recovery & can continue his life with the minimum interruption :)
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The news reports at the time said he hit a church wall. :-/
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Seems he's doing much better now. Had a 7 hour op the day he crashed, 9 hour on Friday. And he's having his last bit of surgery today on his elbow.
Hopefully he makes a recovery back to formula 1. Don't mind if it takes a while, I'll just be glad to have him back. :)
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The news reports at the time said he hit a church wall. :-/
That was my reaction! Perhaps it's too mundane?
Hopefully he's on the road to recovery now.
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The news reports at the time said he hit a church wall. :-/
Yeah - which can't have been the ultimate problem.. there are plenty of pictures floating around of the car with a giant bit of armco poking out of the back of it ;)
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In which case, they were lucky at least one of them wasnt cut in half. It must have been a close thing. :o :y
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Definitely.. just look at where it went in:
(http://www.ausmotive.com/F1/2011/Robert-Kubica-wreckage-Feb2011.jpg)
And where it came out:
(http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/rally.jpg)
It went in at the front on one corner, across the car diagonally and out the back on the other corner! Ouch :o
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The person who fitted the Armco is in for a rollicking then. That's exactly what it's not supposed to do.