Monday 9th August 2010

Adrian Newey Taken To Hospital After Ginetta Crash

But hospitalisation is only a precaution for Red Bull F1 tech boss, says Ginetta

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Red Bull F1 technical boss Adrian Newey has been hospitalised after a heavy side-on impact in a Ginetta race on Sunday.

Newey was driving a guest car in a Ginetta G50 race at Snetterton - part of the BTCC support package - when he was tipped into a spin by another car and into the path of Julien Draper's car.

He was removed from the Ginetta on a stretcher, and taken to a local hospital - but only as a precautionary measure.

"Adrian has been taken to a local hospital as a precautionary measure after being clipped by Julien Draper of Barwell Motorsport, which caused Tony Hughes of Speedworks to have a side-on collision with Newey's DynoJet car," said Ginetta chairman Lawrence Tomlinson in a statement. "It is testament to the strength of the G50 roll cage that the car withstood heavy impact and there were no serious injuries."

[tonym911]

Newey must have an amazing contract. Good on him though, he's a proper enthusiast.

[Raify]

I saw that crash on ITV4, it didn't look that bad to be honest. The other driver jumped out straight away (although his impact was head on).

Hope it's nothing more than whiplash.

[LongLiveTazio]

Poor form of Ginetta to make it sound like an advert.

[Mermaid]

Wish him a speedy recovery, and back to his desk at F1

[Walton]

LongLiveTazio said:

Poor form of Ginetta to make it sound like an advert.

+1

[nsmith1180]

Walton said:

LongLiveTazio said:

Poor form of Ginetta to make it sound like an advert.

+1

And newey extolling the vertues of the RBR6 when Mark Webber flew air spain isnt the same thing?

Givent that the race was red flagged and didnt resume, and that the ambulance guys took a heck of a long time before the pulled him out, id say it was more than just whiplash. Add that to the shunt from saturday.....

[LongLiveTazio]

nsmith1180 said:

Walton said:

LongLiveTazio said:

Poor form of Ginetta to make it sound like an advert.

+1

And newey extolling the vertues of the RBR6 when Mark Webber flew air spain isnt the same thing?

Givent that the race was red flagged and didnt resume, and that the ambulance guys took a heck of a long time before the pulled him out, id say it was more than just whiplash. Add that to the shunt from saturday.....

A roll cage is not quite the same as designing an F1 car, nor was Newey's accident anywhere near as bad as Webber's. Furthermore, F1 cars are better for safety thanks to the efforts of many people over the years including Watkins, Stewart etc. and this is always acknowledged every time there's a serious smash.

[BBS-LM]

So does anyone know what injuries Adrian sustained in the crash.

[plg]

BBS-LM said:

So does anyone know what injuries Adrian sustained in the crash.

Hmm - nothing on Red Bulls twitter / community page or their press releases - really hope it isn't serious. If he'd been released after checks you'd have hoped they would post something? Looking on James Allens blog, he was trying to find out as well.

Fingers crossed that all is well for Mr Newey.

[G0ldfysh]

Was a bit fiesty all weekend, with him earning 3 penalty points in the first race on the Saturday.

Makes you wonder if the guest driver is as good an idea as it appears. Using a proper race driver makes some sense from other disciplines but Newey for all his ability is not first and foremost a race driver or upcoming looking to get noticed.

[BallsOfTitanium]

Doesn't look massively bad is first thought but the impact is pretty big....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4RRBTMzOms

[havoc]

LongLiveTazio said:

nsmith1180 said:

Walton said:

LongLiveTazio said:

Poor form of Ginetta to make it sound like an advert.

+1

And newey extolling the vertues of the RBR6 when Mark Webber flew air spain isnt the same thing?

Givent that the race was red flagged and didnt resume, and that the ambulance guys took a heck of a long time before the pulled him out, id say it was more than just whiplash. Add that to the shunt from saturday.....

A roll cage is not quite the same as designing an F1 car, nor was Newey's accident anywhere near as bad as Webber's. Furthermore, F1 cars are better for safety thanks to the efforts of many people over the years including Watkins, Stewart etc. and this is always acknowledged every time there's a serious smash.

And an F1 car costs a couple of orders of magnitude more than a G50.

Ginetta rely pretty-much entirely on indep. teams/racers buying-into their series each year for their continued existence as a manufacturer - I think we can forgive the chap a little bit of self-publicity in this regard.

[Digga]

tonym911 said:

Newey must have an amazing contract. Good on him though, he's a proper enthusiast.

That he is.

I remember doing a double-take when I spotted him in a drivers briefing at a Silverstone track day a few years back. IIRC, that was in his McLaren days - so even Ron manager let him out to play.

Hope Newey is okay.

[Gary C]

LongLiveTazio said:

Poor form of Ginetta to make it sound like an advert.

Not at all

The statement sounds fine to me.

[Stedman]

BallsOfTitanium said:

Doesn't look massively bad is first thought but the impact is pretty big....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4RRBTMzOms

+1.

I was watching and though he was being a a right pansy.

[snowy slopes]

You're not kidding it was a big impact, it shattered one of the alloys on newey's car. Left the centre and spokes attached to the hub, whilst the rim and tyre were making a break for norwich

[wab172uk]

"Julien Draper of Barwell Motorsport, which caused Tony Hughes of Speedworks to have a side-on collision with Newey's DynoJet car"

I expect they might be recieving a Cheque or 2 from Ferrari & McLaren.

[rev-erend]

Motor sport is dangereous...

[2mad]

Crashing is dangerous.

[plg]

Tweet from Mark Webber re: Adrian Newey:

http://twitter.com/aussiegrit