The Great Escape, Winkelhock, Nurburgring 1980 F2 race video

[FourWheelDrift]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hR6V3ms5T4

I've been trying to remember this one ever since the Mercedes CLK Le Mans flips were shown on here a few weeks back. This is the first lap of an F2 race at the Nurburgring in 1980, Manfred Winkelhock with a damaged front wing finds out the hard way that he has less frontal downforce as he goes through the Flugplatz section of the circuit.



But then of course Andrea De Crasheris had to try and better it at the Austrian GP of 1985 when he tried to modify the aerodynamics of a Ligier. I like Ayrton Senna's comment about him having a small accident

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZinyDctYbU

[megy]

Reminded me of one i saw live on Eurosport a few years ago.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=y65oUlBMSUs

[FourWheelDrift]

megy said:

Reminded me of one i saw live on Eurosport a few years ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y65oUlBMSUs

And the reason I posted those was.................

FourWheelDrift in the first post said:

I've been trying to remember this one ever since the Mercedes CLK Le Mans flips were shown on here a few weeks back

[megy]

OOPS,,,,,silly me

[fozzi]

Hmmmmm.....that old catch fencing didn't stand a chance!!

[FourWheelDrift]

fozzi said:

Hmmmmm.....that old catch fencing didn't stand a chance!!

Incredibly dangerous that old catch fencing, very easy for a car to go in tumble and wrap itself up in it giving the driver no way to get out, if the car catches fire the driver has no chance. Which is exactly what happened to Piers Courage at the 1970 Dutch GP and what very nearly happened to Jack Brabham earlier that same weekend, he was trapped for 10minutes but the car didn't catch fire. Which make it all the more odd that it should still have been in use over 10 years later.

[Racingdude009]

He was lucky that day but died a few years later at Le Mans 1985 if i am right

[FourWheelDrift]

Racingdude009 said:

He was lucky that day but died a few years later at Le Mans 1985 if i am right

Mosport.