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Re: Remembering Greg Moore
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Re: Remembering Greg Moore -
10-31-2009
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David Melville wrote: On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:40:37 +1100, mower man <nospam (AT) f2s (DOT) com> wrote: David Melville wrote: On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:27:22 +1100, Noj <me (AT) nomail (DOT) afraid.org> wrote: David Melville wrote... On a similar note http://www.f1technical.net/articles/12773 sigh..... What a horrible list. They're not dying in F1 now - thank fuck It'll happen again. You can't get rid of g-forces. All it takes is a rapid enough change of direction. But, yes, thank fuck the cars hold together now. I think the wheel tethers have made a BIG difference when it comes to bits flying Did you see Moore's crash? *Nothing* could protect a driver hitting a concrete wall at that attitude at that speed. 154g impact with only the roll bar and the driver's head between the car and the wall. Is that @David (me)? Yes, I saw it live. One of those ones that nearly turned me off the sport altogether. Quite literally nauseating to watch. I've never seen a car collapse into such a small space. It was horrible. So, if your reply was @me, then yeah. I saw it too - agreed, utterly horrible and obviously non-survivable even at first sight. (What was the stuff about @me? I simply replied to your post - yes, standards have improved massively, but I meant that some things just can't be prevented - as yet. Maybe the concrete walls should go?) |
I thought you were somehow saying he could have survived in a modern car.
But... obviously you weren't!
(Damn text medium!)
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On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:27:22 +1100, Noj <me (AT) nomail (DOT) afraid.org> wrote: David Melville wrote... On a similar note http://www.f1technical.net/articles/12773 sigh..... What a horrible list. They're not dying in F1 now - thank fuck It'll happen again. You can't get rid of g-forces. All it takes is a rapid enough change of direction. But, yes, thank fuck the cars hold together now. I think the wheel tethers have made a BIG difference when it comes to bits flying |
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