Official Italian Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***

[37chevy]

Drive Blind said:

Peroni F3 incident > here

Hahaha at the added commentary....

[Drive Blind]

This will refocus the discussion of how you treat run off areas.

You leave nice smooth tarmac the drivers take the piss with track limits.

Anything else the drivers complain.

Is it time to introduce some sort of GPS system where the power is reduced/cut on a car that's off the track ?

[Killer2005]

Drive Blind said:

Peroni F3 incident > here

[Mr_Thyroid]

Another tick for the halo.

[Deesee]

Drive Blind said:

This will refocus the discussion of how you treat run off areas.

You leave nice smooth tarmac the drivers take the piss with track limits.

Anything else the drivers complain.

Is it time to introduce some sort of GPS system where the power is reduced/cut on a car that's off the track ?

Gravel works fine, the Track Director at Spa, will be putting that in for next yr..

That Verstoppen/Sausage curb, that’s a 250kph corner in F1 trim ... crazy...

[SpudLink]

Really pleased Peroni walked away from that.

I will be surprised if that curb is still there on Sunday.

[paulguitar]

Mr_Thyroid said:

Another tick for the halo.

I am not sure it has done anything there. Drivers were well protected before in upside down accidents by the structure under the airbox, the Halo was primarily introduced to help deflect external debris such as a tyre or piece of bodywork.

Sadly Jules Bianchi would not have been saved by the halo, his injury was due to the deceleration involved in the impact in his crash.

Seems to me every time a car gets airborne now there is a slew of comments stating the halo saved all and sundry, it is simply not the case.

[anonymous-user]

Drive Blind said:

This will refocus the discussion of how you treat run off areas.

You leave nice smooth tarmac the drivers take the piss with track limits.

Anything else the drivers complain.

Is it time to introduce some sort of GPS system where the power is reduced/cut on a car that's off the track ?

Or just put a gravel trap on the outside of the corner.

I very much doubt that curb will be there for the rest of the weekend.

[anonymous-user]

Juan Manuel Correa update

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/49619035

[oobster]

That could easily have been horrific.

I read this morning that Correa is now in London and in a bad way, Acute Respiratory Failure. Hope he recovers.

In other developments, I see Sky has that ahole Rosberg on screen this weekend. MUTE!!!!

[tobinen]

Peroni can count himself very lucky. That could've ended up much worse

[The Hypno-Toad]

Very difficult to see on that footage if he destroyed the kerb, if there was something lying on the kerb that acted like a ramp or if the kerb ripped the bottom off the car which would mean there might have been an issue with his ride height.

Horrific crash and given the circumstances so soon after Spa, motor racing dodged a bullet there especially given how fortunate the marshal's were as well. If it was definitely caused by the kerb then I would imagine the Monza authorities will have some questions to answer.

[Marcia]

Jeez! I cannot believe that car launched that high... terrifying, good to see him walk away!

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Killer2005 said:

Drive Blind said:

Peroni F3 incident > here

Bloody hell! I wouldn't have thought it possible unless I'd seen it.

If a stunt team were trying to reproduce that for a film, they'd be having to use air rams and CGI trickery.

[louiechevy]

The curbs gone, and seeing the other angle the marshalls were lucky as well!

[Marcia]

oobster said:

That could easily have been horrific.

I read this morning that Correa is now in London and in a bad way, Acute Respiratory Failure. Hope he recovers.

In other developments, I see Sky has that ahole Rosberg on screen this weekend. MUTE!!!!

Agreed! He's a complete tt

[Mr_Thyroid]

paulguitar said:

I am not sure it has done anything there. Drivers were well protected before in upside down accidents by the structure under the airbox, the Halo was primarily introduced to help deflect external debris such as a tyre or piece of bodywork.

Sadly Jules Bianchi would not have been saved by the halo, his injury was due to the deceleration involved in the impact in his crash.

Seems to me every time a car gets airborne now there is a slew of comments stating the halo saved all and sundry, it is simply not the case.

He landed upside down on the tyre wall - maybe you'd like to sit in the car while we recreate it without a halo.

[JonChalk]

Mr_Thyroid said:

paulguitar said:

I am not sure it has done anything there. Drivers were well protected before in upside down accidents by the structure under the airbox, the Halo was primarily introduced to help deflect external debris such as a tyre or piece of bodywork.

Sadly Jules Bianchi would not have been saved by the halo, his injury was due to the deceleration involved in the impact in his crash.

Seems to me every time a car gets airborne now there is a slew of comments stating the halo saved all and sundry, it is simply not the case.

He landed upside down on the tyre wall - maybe you'd like to sit in the car while we recreate it without a halo.

Shall we ask Peroni what he thinks? His is fundamentally the only opinion that matters.

edit: I'm pretty certain I can guess what his answer will be.

[37chevy]

Mr_Thyroid said:

He landed upside down on the tyre wall - maybe you'd like to sit in the car while we recreate it without a halo.

I’m no halo fan , but I agree, think it just saved his life given the cockpit opening hit the top of the tyre wall

[JonChalk]

37chevy said:

Mr_Thyroid said:

He landed upside down on the tyre wall - maybe you'd like to sit in the car while we recreate it without a halo.

I’m no halo far, but I agree, think it just saved his life given the cockpit opening hit the top of the tyre wall

Yep - I'm a convert. Hated it at first. Still hate the look, but massively outweighed by several incidents at all levels where it cannot possibly have made things worse and almost certainly reduced injury severity / likelihood.