Death at Le Mans

[sulli]

Allan Simonsen killed after crashing at Tertre Rouge:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23014877
RIP

[iva cosworth]

That's sad to hear.

He raced in British GTs for a few years.

RIP.

[Podie]

Tragic news.

Crap reporting - the race was not stopped.

[iva cosworth]

Podie said:

the race was not stopped.

I didn't think that happened either but wasn't 100%..

[eggchaser1987]

Have just seen this. RIP. Such a shame, a hard reminder about Motorsport and the dangers of it.

[Oli L]

Footage of the accident here RIP:

http://youtu.be/ojUp0gLlcsU

[MiniMan64]

eggchaser1987 said:

Have just seen this. RIP. Such a shame, a hard reminder about Motorsport and the dangers of it.

And a shame that the first and probably only news story about Le Mans is because someone died

[750turbo]

iva cosworth said:

Podie said:

the race was not stopped.

I didn't think that happened either but wasn't 100%..

Race was stopped for best part of an hour, I do not think that anyone (on Eurosport) had an idea that it was this serious though.

Dreadful!

[750turbo]

MiniMan64 said:

eggchaser1987 said:

Have just seen this. RIP. Such a shame, a hard reminder about Motorsport and the dangers of it.

And a shame that the first and probably only news story about Le Mans is because someone died

A bit like the IOM TT

[Podie]

750turbo said:

iva cosworth said:

Podie said:

the race was not stopped.

I didn't think that happened either but wasn't 100%..

Race was stopped for best part of an hour, I do not think that anyone (on Eurosport) had an idea that it was this serious though.

Dreadful!

Watching it on Eurosport and they seemed to be passing under yellows...

[Matt172]

Podie said:

Watching it on Eurosport and they seemed to be passing under yellows...

That's how I saw it, they just coned the corner off and all ran wide single file past it unde the safety car

[Broccers]

Having actually watched the first 2 hours there was no stoppage and 3 safety cars out on track with the various groups behind each. This went on for 55+ mins while they fixed the barrier.

Sad times.

[homer3uk]

Reports I've seen are that Allan passed away in the medical centre. At the time Eurosport didn't want to presume anything and just reported the details available. Safety car period for just over an hour while driver, car and Armco were seen to.
Very sad news, a reminder to us all that Motorsport is dangerous.

[t1grm]

Terrible news. Looks like something broke on the car. I was watching from the Porsche Curves when it happened. The race was not stopped but the safety car was out for about an hour. We had no idea how serious it was at the time. The death was announced on Radio Le Mans about 18:30 local time.

Edited by t1grm on Saturday 22 June 19:01

[MarshPhantom]

Saw the accident earlier on TV, I had no idea it was so serious. The car looked relatively undamaged.

[xreyuk]

www.astonmartin.com

They've posted a statement

[ali_kat]

xreyuk said:

www.astonmartin.com

They've posted a statement

And removed all links - utmost respect!

[freedman]

750turbo said:

Race was stopped for best part of an hour, I do not think that anyone (on Eurosport) had an idea that it was this serious though.

Dreadful!

The race wasnt stopped at all

It ran under sfaety cars for nearly an hour whilst initially they extricated Simonsen and remove dthe car, then repaired the barrier

[hilly10]

His family wanted the team to continue and try and win it for Alan

[iva cosworth]

Just looked to see who he was sharing driving with,an all Danish crew,very sad for all.