Justin Wilson (1978-2015)

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Justin's last act will be to donate his organs, that alone proves how selfless he was, RIP to the Gentle Giant.

 

[Hun200kmh]

Rest In Peace.

 

[twitcher]

Very sad to hear this news. Rest in peace Justin

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Rest in Peace so sad to see a driver go, but leaving behind two girls seems to hit me harder than even Jules dying. So sad to see two great drivers leave like this.

 

[2clicks]

When I saw this I didn't want to believe it. He was the reason why I liked Minardi when they were still around 12 years ago. It's a big shame that he didn't accomplish more there. From now on my signature will carry the condolences of the passing of two unsung legends.

 

[neljack]

As previously mentioned was a organ donor, saving 6 lives.

http://es.pn/1KKAqTX

 

[Pupik]

Indeed. No one wants to crash; Sage must feel terrible being involved in this. Best wishes to Sage and the Wilson family.

It's simply a freak accident; after all, the very same device is used to protect the feet and legs in a frontal collision.

Really sad...Again.

 

[IforceV8]

On tonight's Nascar America on NBCSN they did a 30 minute story on JW with interviews with Allmendinger, Kanaan, Helio, Jon Beekus,and Leigh Diffey. It will re-air at 6am and 7am ET Wednesday.

 

[jontikis]

 

[IforceV8]

If anybody missed the Nascar America show here is a link to the interviews from that broadcast. http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2015/08/25/remembering-justin-wilson-video/

 

[pokemonfan58]

I don't know if this should happen but should they start adding cockpits for all F1 cars now? I've seen some people on a Youtube video about this topic blaming the deaths of F1 drivers for the lack of cockpit on the cars although that probably would make things worse.

R.I.P Justin Wilson.

 

[Blitz24]

I don't know if this should happen but should they start adding cockpits for all F1 cars now? I've seen some people on a Youtube video about this topic blaming the deaths of F1 drivers for the lack of cockpit on the cars although that probably would make things worse.

R.I.P Justin Wilson.

You do realize all open wheel cars already have a cockpit correct? A canopy may or may not help. It's a situational plus and minus.

 

[pokemonfan58]

You do realize all open wheel cars already have a cockpit correct? A canopy may or may not help. It's a situational plus and minus.

Sorry for my mistake. From what i've seen from the crash, a canopy on f1 cars could make the crash worse or not depending on the crash.

 

[IforceV8]

Here is the link to the items from the Indycar shop dedicated to JW. http://shop.ims.com/indycar/drivers/justin-wilson/ All proceeds go to his Wilson family fund.

 

[vettefreak95]

I only heard he was injured from my dad probably about 5 minutes after the press conference and then about 10 minutes after that I went looking for updates and saw he had died. I like Indycar, but I haven't gotten to watch very much since Dan Wheldon passed and I feel the exact same way as I did just about 4 years ago now. It's very difficult to describe but I would say it is despairing more than any other feeling. Justin wasn't really a driver I'd pull for, and I don't want to disgrace him by saying I didn't really notice him in the races I did watch but he was by no means a backmarker.

I didn't like it when Dan died and people said he died doing what he loved because he died in a way that would have definitely been frightening and no driver would want to crash the way he did. Justin, on the other hand was just avoiding a crash and probably didn't see the nose coming and then... it was suddenly lights out...

It's just an empty feeling, knowing he's just gone and his family are left without him. This sort of thing makes me feel the need to curl up in a dark pillowed corner and not get up for a very long time. In 2011 I couldn't fathom what Dan's wife was going through and I feel the same for Justin's wife. I just, ugh, it's so hard to grasp and deal with the fact that he won't be there anymore, for his family or at the track.

I'd just like to give a call to Tony Stewart for being such a great gentleman to provide his private plane and pilots to Justin's family so they could be with him in his final hours. Thank you Tony for being such a great person to do that without so much as a hesitation, and of course to the pilots for actually doing the flying.

Godspeed Justin, may you Rest in Peace.

I never liked the phrase either. We accept the risks, but I doubt most drivers would prefer to die in a car. "He died doing what he loved" is rarely used for other deaths, and I never found it comforting with regards to racing.

 

[J00N10R]

this would have been cool to see in person. Great idea for a tribute!

http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.co...ge-pay-tribute-to-justin-wilson-photos-video/

 

[neljack]

Online donations set up here for the JW children fund http://justinwilson.co.uk/donate

 

[The Chosen One]

 

[TenEightyOne]

As previously mentioned was a organ donor, saving 6 lives.

http://es.pn/1KKAqTX

Hopefully, as ever, this will prompt more people to consider carrying the card of their local donor programme.

More on the same story at the BBC.

 

[TenEightyOne]

I thought this had already been posted; Justin Wilson's funeral was held at Paulersbury, Northamptonshire. Mark Webber and Dario Franchitti were amongst the pall-bearers. BBC.