24 Heures du Mans 2011 - 79th Grand Prix d'Endurance - June 11-12

[Luminis]

McNish walking away from the crash, hopefully noone else git hurt.

 

[Mt. Lynx]

McNish OK!

 

[F1KimiFreak]

How can it be legal to have photographers there!?

 

[NSX>GOD]

mcnish seems to be fine thank god

I agree with the commentator, thank god it has a roof this year

 

[C-ZETA]

McNish unharmed. Thank goodness for closed top.

EuroSport saying its fixable? Well Audi won't be able to do a very good job even if they do.

 

[Nick-GT-Addict]

that is incredible that he is ok...

 

[mikekhel30]

Whew, good timing nobody got hurt, including that photographer who was right in front of the crash and the other one being chased by a tire. It seems like nobody was in fault for that.

 

[SebaVR]

How can it be legal to have photographers there!?

Thats what i was thinking too!

 

[Speedster502]

Hoping that not only McNish but all the media guys and spectators at that area are okay. A lot of debris was thrown up there.

EDIT: SebaVR - They have passes and are allowed to go wherever they feel. They all have life insurance and are official media people. They are aware of the risks involved.

 

[DwightSchrute12]

AMR's entry is a joke. 5 laps into the race and both cars into the garage with engine problems.

Their memo said it was only a 24 minute race.

And wow at the Audi #3...that was a bit horrifying, thank goodness he's okay. A bit too aggressive though in the first hour.

 

[Furinkazen]

My god I was 🤬 myself. That was horrific, but the fin worked. The photographers look ok as well.

 

[Grayfox]

How can it be legal to have photographers there!?

Their not on the track and they are behind the wall, if their are issues i would pin it down to poor safety walls.

 

[eran0004]

The Ferrari still works!

 

[Old Boone]

Terrifying stuff. Really glad no one got seriously hurt in that wreck....could have easily been a fatal crash. Lots of lucky photographers in that area.

 

[C-ZETA]

#58 is off and away again. Hardly scratched in the first place!

And that was a racing incident before anyone asks...although the #1 slowed down, then he went by and tried to swerve back and boom, it was all over.

 

[gtone339]

Ferrari's fault?

 

[Prince.M5]

I think the shark-fin is doing its job this time. When the car went sideways on the gravel it look almost like it's going to flip!

 

[gtsmashbros]

****... it just happened to fly back towards the track and not the spectators.

 

[F1KimiFreak]

Ferrari's fault?

McNish to me seemed a little (maybe a lot) bit too optimistic ...

 

[Furinkazen]

Eurosport saying we may have an injured photographer.

 

[ShaneG]

Talk about your photo of the year if any of them had the presence of mind to hit the shutter button! Glad everyone appears to be ok!

 

[Tommi]

Ferrari's fault?

Nah, just an unfortunate accident by the looks of it.

 

[mikekhel30]

Ferrari's fault?

I'm not really sure, he was a bit wide, but Mcnish was too aggressive. I just think that the Ferrari didn't see the #3, same for the #3.

 

[Furinkazen]

McNish was simply unsighted. Ferrari did nothing wrong.

Eurosport say everyone is fine now. My god...

 

[Mt. Lynx]

My faves for the win out

 

[hampus_dh]

Mcnish fault 100%. To hot headed.

 

[gtone339]

Okay so its Mcnishs fault then.

 

[C-ZETA]

McNish to me seemed a little (maybe a lot) bit too optimistic ...

#1 slowed down, McNish came racing past him at full speed then didn't see the Ferrari and slammed into him.

However, in a car like the Audi he has limited peripheral vision, so I see it as a racing incident.

 

[F1KimiFreak]

That audi commercial on eurosport... feels ironic...

 

[Luminis]

Mcnish fault 100%. To hot headed.

They actually just commented that it's most likely because the Ferrari guy couldn't make out borh R18s in his rear view mirror, therefore turning in on McNish.

Nobodies fault here, really.