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By: 3rd July 2012 at 12:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Your last comment is in poor taste, considering her injuries are said to be 'life threatening'.
Point taken though.
A beautiful lady test driver, she must be saved!
By: 3rd July 2012 at 13:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Not good news hope that her injurys are not as bad as the report suggests. And as I did race brakedown recovery at Thruxton circuit for sixteen years my thoughts are also with those at the incident.
By: 3rd July 2012 at 16:21 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-"Strangely, the car suddenly accelerated into the lorry and the car went careering into the side of the loading board."
Sounds like the missus trying to park.
By: 3rd July 2012 at 16:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-C'mon guys...the lady is obviously seriously injured...we can do without some of these comments...not cool :mad:
By: 3rd July 2012 at 16:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Surely there are better places to drive F1 cars than Duxford.
Most proper racetracks I've been to, the transporter would not have been in an area where it could have been hit.
Best wishes to the driver....
By: 3rd July 2012 at 16:58 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Teams have been going to Duxford for several years, the runway is in a good condition and allows for straight line high speed aerodynamic testing.
Normally the support vehicles are parked out of the way but the car still has to manoeuvre back to the 'pit' area and it sounds like this is when the accident would have happened. Don't forget the acceleration speeds of the F1 car as well, wouldn't take much.
Here is to a swift and speedy recovery.
By: 3rd July 2012 at 17:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-http://www.marussiaf1team.com/news/621/team-statement-1500hrs-bst
By: 3rd July 2012 at 17:22 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I follow, as many of us do, F1 racing,we have seen some horrific crashes where the driver, just walked away, this indicates it must have been one hell of a crash for her to be in a life threatning condition.
Lets hope the Surgeons, and Drs get her through her injuries, and hopefully, we will see her again in the future.
Jim.
Lincoln ,7
By: 4th July 2012 at 15:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-It was a (relatively) low speed accident, said to be between 20 and 30 miles per hour. The problem was that she hit, at head height, the lowered tailgate of the support truck.
regards,
kev35
By: 4th July 2012 at 15:24 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I happened to be there at the time and very close to the accident and witnessed it, BBC reports about accelerating into the crash are wildly inaccurate at best. It is very evident what happened and no fault of the driver. I'm not going to state or speculate or otherwise and will leave it to the H & S Executive to report.
By: 4th July 2012 at 15:36 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Surely there are better places to drive F1 cars than Duxford.Most proper racetracks I've been to, the transporter would not have been in an area where it could have been hit.
Best wishes to the driver....
In season testing is restricted to straight line aerodynamic testing hence circuits cannot be used. You'll find airfields are the only places that can be used such as Duxford, Kemble and Elvington. It's as good as any and has the smooth runway surface and emergency vehicles in attendance.
By: 4th July 2012 at 16:30 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Sadly it seems like a return to the F1 cockpit is unlikely - Ms de Villota lost her right eye in the accident.
By: 4th July 2012 at 19:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Could be anything really. Perhaps she fainted for some reason... I don't suppose this is the sort of situation she expected she would get such serious injuries though! Hopefully she makes a full recovery.
@J Boyle
From the BBC pictures it looked like the truck was sufficiently out of the way. It's quite an unlikely thing to happen so the positioning of the truck probably isn't much to fault. The irony is the lift on the truck was probably at her head height in the car for health and safety reasons, since if it was low or flat they might claim it to be a trip hazard to pedestrians!
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By: pimpernel - 3rd July 2012 at 12:45
What can I say???
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-18685789
Apologies and post edited.
I hope for a speedy recovery.