17yr old driver Sophie Florsh survived, but fractured spine apparently.
Re: Horrific Macau F3 crash
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 1:50 pm
by mik
Re: Horrific Macau F3 crash
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 2:02 pm
by Rich B
How were they going so fast?! That was a huge impact...
Re: Horrific Macau F3 crash
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 2:37 pm
by NotoriousREV
Brake failure, surely? Massive speed and backwards.
Re: Horrific Macau F3 crash
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 2:49 pm
by Zonda_
NotoriousREV wrote: Sun Nov 18, 2018 2:37 pm
Brake failure, surely? Massive speed and backwards.
I read on Twitter that there had been a crash further up the straight and she had lost a wheel/wheels.
Re: Horrific Macau F3 crash
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 3:13 pm
by McSwede
Wow Very lucky to be alive and that other people weren't seriously hurt.
Re: Horrific Macau F3 crash
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:44 pm
by duncs500
Mental. I can only think that the (what look like) temporary fencing panels absorbed the impact. At that rate hitting something hard would surely have been game over. Although 'spinal injuries' could be pretty serious anyway.
Re: Horrific Macau F3 crash
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:56 pm
by jamcg
initial medical report states spinal fracture
Re: Horrific Macau F3 crash
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 5:24 pm
by NotoriousREV
Re: Horrific Macau F3 crash
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 5:42 pm
by Rich B
No one else hurt?
Re: Horrific Macau F3 crash
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 5:49 pm
by Rich B
To be fair, it’s not dissimilar to my wife’s reversing style.
Re: Horrific Macau F3 crash
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 6:24 pm
by Foz
Re: Horrific Macau F3 crash
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 7:08 pm
by nuttinnew
Re: Horrific Macau F3 crash
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 7:20 pm
by jamcg
Rich B wrote: Sun Nov 18, 2018 5:42 pm
No one else hurt?
wtf1 wrote:Photographers Chan Weng Wang and Minami have suffered a liver laceration and concussion respectively, with marshal Chan Cha In sustaining multiple injuries, including a laceration of the face, fractured jaw, and an abrasion of his upper abdomen wall. Tsuboi, the other driver involved in the accident, suffered lower back pain. Scarily, he also confirmed in a tweet that his helmet was knocked in the incident.
Makes a good case for the halo given that these cars don’t have them
Rich B wrote: Sun Nov 18, 2018 5:49 pm
To be fair, it’s not dissimilar to my wife’s reversing style.
I've been waiting for someone to mention IanF's missus.
Re: Horrific Macau F3 crash
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:27 am
by Jimmy Choo
The forces involved it that!
I read that there was a spurious caution light earlier on the straight and the car in front of her braked sharply. She slowed down when she hit the wall.
Re: Horrific Macau F3 crash
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:28 am
by JLv3.0
Jimmy Choo wrote: Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:27 amShe slowed down when she hit the wall.
That sounds entirely logical. Walls have the same effect on me as well.
Re: Horrific Macau F3 crash
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 4:48 pm
by Orange Cola
Another reason to dislike street circuits.
Re: Horrific Macau F3 crash
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 8:41 pm
by RobYob
That is horrifying. So very very lucky no-one was killed. Between this and the GTR going over the catch-fence at the Ring in 2015 (one spectator death) it has been forntunate for motorsport to have not suffered another LeMans type disaster.
