Jules Bianchi's family suing over his death
Discussion
Munter said:
People do like to ignore the old equal and opposite rule. Physics, a fickle and unpredictable mistress.
I can see a need for properly designed snatch vehicles, rather than re-purposing construction equipment. Yes they need some ground clearance for gravel traps. But not that much. F1 would be better off flying a bunch of snatch vehicles around the world to each event, rather than a portable medical centre.
Yes, the vehicle used in Bianchi's case looked huge. I've uploaded a couple of photos of the snatch used at Club at Silverstone last year. Much lighter, less mass and perfectly adequate for the jobI can see a need for properly designed snatch vehicles, rather than re-purposing construction equipment. Yes they need some ground clearance for gravel traps. But not that much. F1 would be better off flying a bunch of snatch vehicles around the world to each event, rather than a portable medical centre.
That JCB is still much higher off the ground than it'd ever need to be. I'd sooner drive an F1 car into the side of a main battle tank, than that JCB. It can weigh 1000 tons, but it'll only be impacted by an F1 car that's been designed to smack into armco at high speed. The gaps underneath are the scary part, the same as the tail lift that got María de Villota in the face. There should be nothing in an F1 race environment where an F1 car nose can go underneath. I've never seen an F1 car beached up to it's nose in gravel so I'd guess that's enough ground clearance to do the job and be safe.
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