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cjs racing. said:
While the big money from sports stars is wonderful, this is the one that bought a little tear to my eye.
Millie Davis
Sorry this is so little, I am only 11. I hope you get well soon and still stay happy! Good luck! Love Millie x
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Everybody giving what they can to this wonderful young man. Leeks keep it going up.
That really is very touching. Millie Davis
Sorry this is so little, I am only 11. I hope you get well soon and still stay happy! Good luck! Love Millie x
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Everybody giving what they can to this wonderful young man. Leeks keep it going up.
Donated and have shared it around the usual channels as most of my friendship base is because of cars or Motorsport.
I think the support from people who he probably idolises will mean more to him than the money will, that's what really makes motorsport special, thousands of people who have never met this kid, from fans to competitors, to racers at both ends of the spectrum, have all donated and commented! Incredible community!
Glad to see the goal reached (And surpassed) so quickly. Horrible accident, hopefully the kid will be able to carry on racing once recovered.
One question I have though, JHR set up the justgiving which has (thankfully) delivered, but would they not have life insurance for their drivers on track?
Presumably this will have further implications for F4 safety as well, as the crash structure clearly needs a buffing to help.
One question I have though, JHR set up the justgiving which has (thankfully) delivered, but would they not have life insurance for their drivers on track?
Presumably this will have further implications for F4 safety as well, as the crash structure clearly needs a buffing to help.
Dr Gitlin said:
rubystone said:
Alex Zanardi is the inspiration for Billy, if he needs to look to anyone.
And David Birrell (lost both legs in Afghanistan), now racing a Mini. Also Frederic Sausset, who had all four limbs amputated after a flesh-eating infection—he raced at Le Mans last year.Saw about this via the Williams F1 team page on facebook. Then stupidly looked up the video ... jeeze. Donated right away.
Krikkit said:
Horrible accident, hopefully the kid will be able to carry on racing once recovered.
One question I have though, JHR set up the justgiving which has (thankfully) delivered, but would they not have life insurance for their drivers on track?
Presumably this will have further implications for F4 safety as well, as the crash structure clearly needs a buffing to help.
I dont think any of the lower tier sports cover personal injury insurance, only the top echelons do. One question I have though, JHR set up the justgiving which has (thankfully) delivered, but would they not have life insurance for their drivers on track?
Presumably this will have further implications for F4 safety as well, as the crash structure clearly needs a buffing to help.
Looking at the front of the F4 cars, they do seem quite "scoop" shaped rather than a high nose that would ride over the top
Interestingly someone was claiming that F4 cars are only as safe as F1 cars from '98-'00, I wonder if they will now be forced to the same compliance. To late for poor Billy, obviously, but it may save someone else ever having to go through this.
Worth sharing this video, which is the incredible Empower Ankle from BionX. The CEO (first person in the video) lost his legs in a climbing accident in his 20s and made it his lifes work to develop a new, better bionic ankle. He was featured on a BBC documentary about the brain a few years ago, and it was one of those goosebump 'wow' moments when, having walked around his company showing the presenter round for 10mins, he pulled up his trouser legs to reveal two of the prosthesis he makes. You genuinely couldn't tell.
https://vimeo.com/180068677
Thankfully for Billy, there are a lot of clever people out there, and providing he gets the moral support he needs, there's no reason he can't continue to pursue his dream of being a full time racing driver. Good luck Billy
https://vimeo.com/180068677
Thankfully for Billy, there are a lot of clever people out there, and providing he gets the moral support he needs, there's no reason he can't continue to pursue his dream of being a full time racing driver. Good luck Billy
Krikkit said:
Presumably this will have further implications for F4 safety as well, as the crash structure clearly needs a buffing to help.
I guess there are limits to what is feasible/affordable at that level, it's easy to say money is no object at times like this but clearly it's a major factor. It was an appalling impact and pretty much worse case scenario. Presumably an incident like this in lower single seater formulae wouldn't even be worth contemplating.
ukaskew said:
Krikkit said:
Presumably this will have further implications for F4 safety as well, as the crash structure clearly needs a buffing to help.
I guess there are limits to what is feasible/affordable at that level, it's easy to say money is no object at times like this but clearly it's a major factor. It was an appalling impact and pretty much worse case scenario. Presumably an incident like this in lower single seater formulae wouldn't even be worth contemplating.
Looking at the F4 homologation it's all fixed until 2019, so presumably they could update the structures then for rehomologation.
RacerMike said:
Worth sharing this video, which is the incredible Empower Ankle from BionX. The CEO (first person in the video) lost his legs in a climbing accident in his 20s and made it his lifes work to develop a new, better bionic ankle. He was featured on a BBC documentary about the brain a few years ago, and it was one of those goosebump 'wow' moments when, having walked around his company showing the presenter round for 10mins, he pulled up his trouser legs to reveal two of the prosthesis he makes. You genuinely couldn't tell.
https://vimeo.com/180068677
Thankfully for Billy, there are a lot of clever people out there, and providing he gets the moral support he needs, there's no reason he can't continue to pursue his dream of being a full time racing driver. Good luck Billy
What a remarkable bit of kit.https://vimeo.com/180068677
Thankfully for Billy, there are a lot of clever people out there, and providing he gets the moral support he needs, there's no reason he can't continue to pursue his dream of being a full time racing driver. Good luck Billy
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