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

[Bo]

but I don't believe the driver should have stopped in the midst of a no-visibility dust cloud.

I'm surprised that you think he deliberately chose to stop in the middle of one of the fastest parts of the track. You can't help it when your car stalls.

 

[Sertsa]

I'm surprised that you think he deliberately chose to stop in the middle of one of the fastest parts of the track. You can't help it when your car stalls.

I don't think that. In the earlier discussion some contended that the driver who hit the car that went off and came back on track should have stopped as he couldn't see through the dust cloud. I was disagreeing as intentionally stopping where there is no visibility means there is a high likelihood to get hit. Unfortunately in this case there was the stalled car after the cloud.

 

[Bo]

I don't think that. In the earlier discussion some contended that the driver who hit the car that went off and came back on track should have stopped as he couldn't see through the dust cloud. I was disagreeing as intentionally stopping where there is no visibility means there is a high likelihood to get hit. Unfortunately in this case there was the stalled car after the cloud.

My apologies, must have misunderstood your wording.

 

[daan]

From the British F3 round at Oulton Park.

http://www.motorsport.com/bf3/news/vaidyanathan-escapes-horror-crash-at-oulton-park-741441/

 

[Obelisk]

From the British F3 round at Oulton Park.

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http://www.motorsport.com/bf3/news/vaidyanathan-escapes-horror-crash-at-oulton-park-741441/

While that photo is horrifying, I couldn't help but think:

"VTEC kicked in, yo!"

 

[RACECAR]

From the British F3 round at Oulton Park.

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http://www.motorsport.com/bf3/news/vaidyanathan-escapes-horror-crash-at-oulton-park-741441/

Damn. What even caused that??

 

[LumpiestFish]

http://www.motorsport.com/bf3/video/main-gallery/huge-crash-brdc-british-f3-vaidyanathan-62678/

Video in this link. Terrifying.

 

[Roo]

http://www.motorsport.com/bf3/video/main-gallery/huge-crash-brdc-british-f3-vaidyanathan-62678/

Video in this link. Terrifying.

Monaco GP spoiler alert in the sidebar (presumably the same will be the case after the Indy 500 too).

Not blaming you, LumpiestFish, for obvious reasons!

In other news, the Nurburgring was Nurburgringy.

 

[m8h3r]

I heard they had really bad weather in the 24h race, but not that bad!!

 

[Liquid]

Most people must have seen this by now but Oulton Park had some horrendous weather back in 2005. No life-threatening injuries; that marshall was lucky enough to skip over the front of the Viper and squeeze under the rear bodywork. Incredible.

 

[pretend racer]

That pass in the hail must be the Guinness world record for the slowest race pace pass ever!

 

[MatskiMonk]

This should be a thing...

Dakar Truck circuit racing (it's drifting, but you get the 'drift')

 

[Liquid]

This is an abridged version.

 

[NFSCARBON1]

This is an abridged version.

I think Kimi was already thinking about the boat parties after the race. Really could not be bothered

 

[TenEightyOne]

This is an abridged version.

The full version was a little tedious and a very transparent advert for their Shell fuel. Interestingly the answers the drivers were most sure about were to the "Just How Amazing Is Shell Fuel!?" questions

Still, Kimi was right, he doesn't have a middle name... his first name is Kimi-Matias.

 

[TenEightyOne]

I wasn't quite sure of the best place to put this... I know the OMGWTF thread's a tenuous choice but here it is;

 

[G.T.Ace]

Surprised this wasn't posted here already:

 

[DK]

Surprised this wasn't posted here already:

Judging by the date of that tweet, it's very eerie that would have been Salom's last race.

 

[mikeerfol]

I think that's a different Moto2 class.

 

[G.T.Ace]

Judging by the date of that tweet, it's very eerie that would have been Salom's last race.

It was the European Moto2 championship.

 

[carracerptp]

Safety car drifting.

 

[Obelisk]

Safety car drifting.

I'll take that and raise you a drifting Prelude.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Safety car drifting.

On the Saturday morning of this year's 6 Hours of Silverstone, one of the Audi safety cars buried itself in the gravel at Maggots.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

I know the OMGWTF thread's a tenuous choice but here it is;

What are you talking about? Randomly ageing your driver by forty years for no apparent reason seems the very definition of OMGWTF.

 

[Furinkazen]

DAMN! (driver walked away)

 

[UnkaD]

DAMN! (driver walked away)

The PAS! Spent a few pretty late, and COLD, nights there as a kid with the family. Crazy leap right in this video. He almost cleared without touching the fence.

 

[TenEightyOne]

I hadn't realised that "camping" referred to the fighting style...

 

[Jimlaad43]

Why did they both take their helmets off? Surely if they wanted to punch the other driver, they could have had a massive advantage with a crash helmet over their face.

 

[Niku Driver HC]

Why did they both take their helmets off? Surely if they wanted to punch the other driver, they could have had a massive advantage with a crash helmet over their face.

Not to mention a single headbutt could easily put their lights out if they had a helmet... HANS devices can come in handy too; it's harder to choke a guy out with a big safety device covering his neck.

 

[UnkaD]

Today I learned that racing safety equipment makes great battle gear.