3D video of Robert Kubica’s crash

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3 July 2007 by Keith Collantine

German television channel RTL have created this 3D video of Robert Kubica’s enormous 75g crash in the Canadian Grand Prix.

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1 F1Punter 3 July 2007 at 1:35 pm

A great illustration of how well the survival cell and anti-rollover hoop protected the driver whilst so much energy was absorbed (and released) elsewhere.
2 pitbitch 3 July 2007 at 1:42 pm

3D simulation of Kubica’s crash…

F1Fanatic links to a simulation of Robert Kubica’s huge Montreal crash, created by RTL. An interesting watch, although the crash isn’t any less wince-inducing as a simulation.
With Kubica’s crash, and Viso’s on Saturday, I&#8217…
3 Khurram 4 July 2007 at 6:33 am

Reported 75g value cannot be correct. May 7.5g is what he may have experienced. Above 16g, he wouldn’t have survived.
4 Don Speekingleesh 4 July 2007 at 7:05 am

Plenty of people have survived impacts when the G forces were momentarily way above 16g. David Purley survived something in the order of 168g.
5 Keith Collantine 4 July 2007 at 7:37 am

In CART (now Champ Car) ex-F1 drivers like Mauricio Gugelmin and Mark Blundell survived crashes with G-forces measured in hundreds.
6 milos 4 July 2007 at 10:22 am

the wheels flying around in high speed, that looks scary
7 Peter 21 July 2007 at 4:43 am

This message is for the massively ignorant Khurram. If you got your facts straight mate, you will find that David Purley endured 179.8g in a crash in Silverstone in 1977, and survived, so basically this portays you as an extremely ignorant person.