Motorsport OMG / WTF moments - Racing Funnies, Fails, Crashes, And Randomness

[JockeP22]

This always makes me smile.

 

[Furinkazen]

 

[Lewis_Hamilton_]

Weird, I didn't see the Nissan shooting any shells at the Audi.

 

[Niku Driver HC]

Weird, I didn't see the Nissan shooting any shells at the Audi.

I get the feeling that the Nissan placed some banana peels on the trackside area, planning ahead of time for a rapid takedown... Either that or someone coated the grass in cooking oil to roast something and forgot to clean the grass afterwards.

 

[catamount39]

Thought that was only possible with F1 2015 physics.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Its even better when someone adds "You spin right round"

 

[ProjectWHaT]

At the Targa Tasmania

(language warning)

 

[Roo]

V8 Ute racer Richard Mork commits the biggest jump start in the history of motorsport*, has a 6 second lead halfway round the first lap and gets the standard jump start penalty - 5 seconds added to your race time...

*Probably



I can't find the race results anywhere, anyone able to provide?

 

[TenEightyOne]

I can't find the race results anywhere, anyone able to provide?

Black Flag, seems like a DSQ as the "P2" guy took the win. Source.

 

[NFSCARBON1]

V8 Ute racer Richard Mork commits the biggest jump start in the history of motorsport*, has a 6 second lead halfway round the first lap and gets the standard jump start penalty - 5 seconds added to your race time...

*Probably



I can't find the race results anywhere, anyone able to provide?

According to Mork's Facebook page he was given a drive through penalty, not a 5 second time penalty. No idea where he finished though

 

[ProjectWHaT]

I must go! My people need me!

 

[Niku Driver HC]

That tyre clearly had even more Hamilton-beating ambitions that the rest of Nico's car as well as Nico himself...

 

[Samus]

According to Mork's Facebook page he was given a drive through penalty, not a 5 second time penalty. No idea where he finished though

Did he explain what he was doing in the first place?

 

[GTracer38]

Did he explain what he was doing in the first place?

He said his clutch slipped early and rather then stop and get caught up in mess he just went (very) early knowing he'd cop a drive through penalty and drop to the back anyway.

Barbera won by a tenth after his 5sec penalty was added for a jump start, but Mork got a drive through.

 

[Spacegoat]

 

[Samus]

"What were you thinking?" indeed.

 

[G.T.Ace]

 

[Jimlaad43]

And it was sunny and warm just 24 hours later.

 

[thestig1030]

 

[Samus]

Did they over order on gravel and decide to just throw it all down anyway?

 

[Dreadmed]

Good think it wasn't caught in the headlights.

 

[catamount39]

Good think it wasn't caught in the headlights.

That reminds me of Road America 10/11 years ago when somebody during a Champcar test hit a deer...forgot who it was (they recovered and raced that season I think).

 

[TenEightyOne]

That reminds me of Road America 10/11 years ago when somebody during a Champcar test hit a deer...forgot who it was (they recovered and raced that season I think).

Was it Montoya? I seem to remember something about a "horse with horns" incident.

 

[IforceV8]

That reminds me of Road America 10/11 years ago when somebody during a Champcar test hit a deer...forgot who it was (they recovered and raced that season I think).

Cristiano da Matta. That accident ended his Champcar career and he only did a couple a sportscar races 2yrs later.

 

[catamount39]

Was it Montoya? I seem to remember something about a "horse with horns" incident.

Don't remember anything like that.

Cristiano da Matta. That accident ended his Champcar career and he only did a couple a sportscar races 2yrs later.

Thanks for the clarification. It's been so long my memory's a bit fuzzy about the whole thing. Garbage way to end a career.

 

[Roo]

Was it Montoya? I seem to remember something about a "horse with horns" incident.

You're thinking of practice for the 2001 Austrian GP (video below is mistitled and slightly edited for some reason):

 

[ProjectWHaT]

I was in a very fast section where there was a bit of bedrock on the road, and when we went over the bedrock suddenly the front-right top-mount broke and the damper came through the bonnet.

At that moment I couldn’t steer the car any more, we went into a bank and we rolled.

 

[TenEightyOne]

I guess this is kind-of motorsport and definitely WTF... Ricciardo comes second in the Monaco GP. On Felipe Massa's balcony. True story.

 

[IforceV8]

The kid is a better at passing than his old man.👍

Nice garden hose reel too. I need to find one like that is still in part made of metal since my crappy all-plastic one fell apart.

 

[UnkaD]

Power to weight ratio at work there. Loved the "perfect race" comment from Ricciardo.