Wtcc big off into fire truck

[rallycross]

Nasty incident for Tom Coronell.
Lucky escape
Great little video clip from all angles
https://youtu.be/vjeYT8PtlTY

[Warby80]

There is some very interesting placing of safety vehicles in that clip!

[ukaskew]

The fire van potentially saved a few lives there, loads of people stood in the area directly behind it. Crazy.

[designndrive62]

I am genuinely stunned that they didn't have at least a chicane made out of tyres to at least take some impact or slow a car down that went straight on. To have an open end to the circuit dead ahead of a braking zone on an FIA sanctioned meeting is madness.

[DanielSan]

designndrive62 said:

I am genuinely stunned that they didn't have at least a chicane made out of tyres to at least take some impact or slow a car down that went straight on. To have an open end to the circuit dead ahead of a braking zone on an FIA sanctioned meeting is madness.

I think that's where the 'joker' lap is, yep, a joker lap in world touring car racing. The series is a joke.

[egomeister]

DanielSan said:

designndrive62 said:

I am genuinely stunned that they didn't have at least a chicane made out of tyres to at least take some impact or slow a car down that went straight on. To have an open end to the circuit dead ahead of a braking zone on an FIA sanctioned meeting is madness.

I think that's where the 'joker' lap is, yep, a joker lap in world touring car racing. The series is a joke.

It's bad enough having that setup for a runoff area, but if cars are supposed to run though there at speed someone needs to take a long hard look at themselves, there is zero protection for pedestrians.

[Warby80]

egomeister said:

DanielSan said:

designndrive62 said:

I am genuinely stunned that they didn't have at least a chicane made out of tyres to at least take some impact or slow a car down that went straight on. To have an open end to the circuit dead ahead of a braking zone on an FIA sanctioned meeting is madness.

I think that's where the 'joker' lap is, yep, a joker lap in world touring car racing. The series is a joke.

It's bad enough having that setup for a runoff area, but if cars are supposed to run though there at speed someone needs to take a long hard look at themselves, there is zero protection for pedestrians.

I had not spotted the people when i watched the video.

That is incredible, i cant believe any race series would allow spectators to stand in a position like that, never mind a full FIA World championship…

[egomeister]

Actually, this track map would suggest that is unlikely to be the joker lap area. Even so, the layout remains sub standard...

[Order66]

Surprised at the amount of forward head movement there was, then saw the driver using a hybrid HANS - I thought they had to have a "proper" HANS for series like these?

[shake n bake]

Surely the wheel broke when it went over the kerb?

[FourWheelDrift]

The safety flowers not doing their job.

[Centurion07]

FourWheelDrift said:

The safety flowers not doing their job.

[CoolHands]

Order66 said:

Surprised at the amount of forward head movement there was, then saw the driver using a hybrid HANS - I thought they had to have a "proper" HANS for series like these?

Yeah I thought that HANS didn't do fk all in that accident.