Comments on: Henry Surtees http://doctorvee.co.uk/2009/07/20/henry-surtees/ Not a real vee Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:47:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Forza Felipe « vee8 - a Grand Prix and Formula 1 blog http://doctorvee.co.uk/2009/07/20/henry-surtees/comment-page-1/#comment-1504653 Forza Felipe « vee8 - a Grand Prix and Formula 1 blog Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:44:48 +0000 http://vee8.doctorvee.co.uk/?p=2362#comment-1504653 [...] I said last week following the death of Henry Surtees that the greatest risk that faces racing drivers is not having a heavy impact with a wall, but being hit by a wheel. This week we must extend that to debris in general. The spring that fell off Rubens Barrichello’s car is said to have weighed around a kilogram, not the sort of thing you want to be approaching at upwards of 160mph. Meanwhile, his car’s heavy impact with the tyre barrier does not appear to have caused or exacerbated any serious injury. [...] [...] I said last week following the death of Henry Surtees that the greatest risk that faces racing drivers is not having a heavy impact with a wall, but being hit by a wheel. This week we must extend that to debris in general. The spring that fell off Rubens Barrichello’s car is said to have weighed around a kilogram, not the sort of thing you want to be approaching at upwards of 160mph. Meanwhile, his car’s heavy impact with the tyre barrier does not appear to have caused or exacerbated any serious injury. [...]

]]> By: Cridland http://doctorvee.co.uk/2009/07/20/henry-surtees/comment-page-1/#comment-1504652 Cridland Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:00:21 +0000 http://vee8.doctorvee.co.uk/?p=2362#comment-1504652 For the record, apparently F2 wheels are in fact tethered as are F1 wheels. For the record, apparently F2 wheels are in fact tethered as are F1 wheels.

]]> By: doctorvee http://doctorvee.co.uk/2009/07/20/henry-surtees/comment-page-1/#comment-1504651 doctorvee Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:01:32 +0000 http://vee8.doctorvee.co.uk/?p=2362#comment-1504651 Cridland, Formula Two was invented last year by Max Mosley. His stated intention was to create an extra rung in the ladder for drivers who couldn't afford to race in GP2. I would agree that there are now <a href="http://vee8.doctorvee.co.uk/2008/09/16/are-there-now-too-many-feeder-series/" rel="nofollow">too many feeder series</a>. Ponzonha, you are right. We have seen so many horrific crashes recently that resulted in nothing. Cridland already linked to the famous Kubica crash. I can also think of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkSr1rQ0W1g" rel="nofollow">Ernesto Viso's major GP2 crash</a> at Magny-Cours in 2007. You watch these crashes and the drivers escape relatively unscathed. Yet, something as simple as driving into someone else's flying wheel is still fatal. It wasn't even his accident and there was nothing he could do. It was dreadful luck. I would expect the FIA and others to look with renewed purpose to try and find ways to stop this from happening. Cridland, Formula Two was invented last year by Max Mosley. His stated intention was to create an extra rung in the ladder for drivers who couldn’t afford to race in GP2. I would agree that there are now too many feeder series.

Ponzonha, you are right. We have seen so many horrific crashes recently that resulted in nothing. Cridland already linked to the famous Kubica crash. I can also think of Ernesto Viso’s major GP2 crash at Magny-Cours in 2007. You watch these crashes and the drivers escape relatively unscathed.

Yet, something as simple as driving into someone else’s flying wheel is still fatal. It wasn’t even his accident and there was nothing he could do. It was dreadful luck. I would expect the FIA and others to look with renewed purpose to try and find ways to stop this from happening.

]]> By: Ponzonha http://doctorvee.co.uk/2009/07/20/henry-surtees/comment-page-1/#comment-1504650 Ponzonha Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:36:29 +0000 http://vee8.doctorvee.co.uk/?p=2362#comment-1504650 As I watch the video of the accident I can only be amazed at how easily was a live lost. We have seen horrible crashes in the last years and nothing happened. It is as we have forgotten that the pilots are putting their lives at risk for our amusement. May he rest in peace. As I watch the video of the accident I can only be amazed at how easily was a live lost. We have seen horrible crashes in the last years and nothing happened. It is as we have forgotten that the pilots are putting their lives at risk for our amusement.
May he rest in peace.

]]> By: Cridland http://doctorvee.co.uk/2009/07/20/henry-surtees/comment-page-1/#comment-1504649 Cridland Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:16:13 +0000 http://vee8.doctorvee.co.uk/?p=2362#comment-1504649 And can someone explain why F2 isn't run as support racing for F1 anyway? And if it's because GP2 is in the way, then isn't one of these series superfluous? And –just because I don't know where to go for the details– Aren't F2 wheels likely to be tethered to the chassis as are F1 wheels? And can someone explain why F2 isn’t run as support racing for F1 anyway? And if it’s because GP2 is in the way, then isn’t one of these series superfluous? And –just because I don’t know where to go for the details– Aren’t F2 wheels likely to be tethered to the chassis as are F1 wheels?

]]> By: Cridland http://doctorvee.co.uk/2009/07/20/henry-surtees/comment-page-1/#comment-1504648 Cridland Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:31:36 +0000 http://vee8.doctorvee.co.uk/?p=2362#comment-1504648 Having returned attention to F1 after turning away for thirty years, I'm freshly ashamed of enjoying a blood sport. Maybe the <a HREF="http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=kubica+canada+2007&emb=0" rel="nofollow">Kubica</A> crash gave some false confidence. Having returned attention to F1 after turning away for thirty years, I’m freshly ashamed of enjoying a blood sport. Maybe the Kubica crash gave some false confidence.

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