Comments on: Video: How drivers react to big crashes

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:31:17 +0000

Good post James

By: James Steventon

James Steventon — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:36:31 +0000

As somebody pointed out, Aryton Senna’s crash and that of
Ratzenberger in 1994 were horrific milestones in Formula One history.
If any good at all came from the loss of these two great men, then it surely has to be the huge safety improvements in the fourteen years since that weekend in San Marino.
When I saw Robert Kubica’s car spear off the road in Canada and slam into the retaining wall, memories of Imola 1994 came flooding back. I must admit, I was fearing the worst.
The cars now are super strong, able to take incredible loads when in an accident, however, complacency can never be overlooked.
Motor racing, no matter what series, will always be dangerous
and there will always be risks involved. Partly due to this risk, in my opinion, is why so many people are fascinated with racing, and Formula One especially.
Every driver deep down knows that he is risking his own life every time they get in the cockpit. Thanks to the standards of
2007 F1 cars in terms of safety, Kubica is still with us, and for that I am gratefull. As I am sure, is he.

By: Chas

Chas — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:59:57 +0000

all these accidents give me a lump in my throat. its my belief that F1 drivers are exceptional and amazing athletes and deserve every penny they get. the senna accident was horrific and still has me in mourning.

By: sajonaraman

sajonaraman — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:51:14 +0000

Well said Lady Snowcat…

By: Lady Snowcat

Lady Snowcat — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:05:52 +0000

You are all forgetting Niki Lauda….

That has to be the comeback of all time….

And in those days you didn’t often get to try again….

By: Wesley

Wesley — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:54:23 +0000

Would not mind seeing that Scootin’.

By: verasaki

verasaki — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:15:57 +0000

dan m: i think berger would be another example. and possibly even prost after pironi’s crash at hockenheim. pironi survived but, i think it hung onto prost for a long time after. especially coming as close on the heels of villeneuve’s death. i’m not sure how close the friendship was but, i did read an interview with him later -much later, after he’d retired i think and it still bothered him even though it wasn’t his fault.

i won’t say anything about villeneuve’s death had affected pironi if at all. i don’t think i ever heard he’d talked about it.

By: sajonaraman

sajonaraman — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:42:55 +0000

Nice one Scootin159, but too soon indeed. I say come back with it next year and no-one will have doubts about Kubica’s meisterschaft…

By: Dan M

Dan M — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:55:29 +0000

Following that logic, I hope Heidfeld has a big off this year!

Not really.

By: Scootin159

Scootin159 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:21:48 +0000

What about Kubica’s big crash at Montreal in 2007, which he then followed with a world championship the following year?

// to soon?