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

[Barra333]

Holy 🤬!!!

He must've feared for his life when that car took flight.

One of the scariest crashes I've almost seen in a while.

Fixed

 

[Jimlaad43]

Looking at the video again do you think the lack of downforce on the front of his car was to blame for this. I mean he was following a car up this part of the track so aero wash could play a role.

No, he hit the kerb they put there to stop people cutting that part of the circuit, but all it did was lift the front up. Combine that with the gradient he was going up, which started sloping away, naturally making the amount of air going under the car increase rapidly, it just picks the car up. The rear wing had little to no effect on causing that, which is what your point about low front downforce means.

It's not the first time an SMP Racing car has flipped there either...

 

[Clark]

*LANGUAGE WARNING*

 

[Pete05]

Might want to add a 'Language Warning'

Having said that, the reaction is somewhat appropriate

 

[m8h3r]

Hahaha that language warning was worth it

 

[Roo]

Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle walked away from this in Portugal earlier today. Meeke was flown to hospital as a precaution but released after checks.

 

[Barra333]

Was the roll cage made of cardboard?

 

[Pete05]

I haven't seen a WRC rollcage deformed so much since Petter Solberg's Subaru in Germany after rolling into a Hinkelstein.

 

[twitcher]

Rene Rast wth a rather horrific looking crash in Race 1 of DTM from Lausitzring.


Here’s an interview with him later in the race. I can’t help but laugh in amazement at his thoughts on the crash. I actually can’t tell if he’s serious or if that’s some really dry German humor

 

[PaMu1337]

Near miss at Zandvoort

 

[ProjectWHaT]

I saw this car going to service on a trailer on my way to the next stage




But I experienced this car go off at this sharp turn. Note the co-driver name written on the masking tape and the send it decal on the rear.


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_DSC9292-190 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


_DSC9296-191 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


_DSC9305-193 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


_DSC9309-195 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


_DSC9315-198 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


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Meanwhile in Washington at ARA

 

[spyrrari]

Yesterday at LeMans... pffff great skills :-)



Spy.

 

[UnkaD]

Yesterday at LeMans... pffff great skills :-)



Spy.

Ex-motocross?

 

[TenEightyOne]

Yesterday at LeMans... pffff great skills :-)



Spy.

One of those saves that only a fool would put entirely down to their own skill... definitely a brown-leathers moment!

 

[Spacegoat]

Big hit for the Ginetta GT4 in the Australian GT Championship endurance race.

 

[Northstar]

From a few minutes ago, it was a GM exec (I'm guessing, they said he was from GM at least) driving it just to make things worse.

 

[TenEightyOne]

From a few minutes ago, it was a GM exec (I'm guessing, they said he was from GM at least) driving it just to make things worse.

GM VP Mark Reuss, apparently, the head of development. Or ex-head maybe...

 

[MatskiMonk]

Spoiler: Accident video

 

[Pete05]

GM VP Mark Reuss, apparently, the head of development. Or ex-head maybe...

He was the head of Holden for a while & we all know how that went...

 

[Liquid]

He was the head of Holden for a while & we all know how that went...

Now he's lucky to be Holden on to his job... let's hope he can Dodge the bullet.

Spoiler

Not GM I know but pun definitely intended

 

[TenEightyOne]

...DTM Hungaroring pit crashes....

As mentioned in the DTM thread there were some very serious injuries there, not sure that's suitable for GTP.

 

[Barra333]

 

[MatskiMonk]

As mentioned in the DTM thread there were some very serious injuries there, not sure that's suitable for GTP.

Sorry, missed the DTM thread completely, but as I understood the news so far, there are no injuries reported that would render the video outside of the AUP, and the videos themselves are not graphic, they were shown several times on the public broadcast. I'll spoiler tag it anyway but I personally don't think this kind of stuff should be shied away from - I've stood on an active pitlane about where those guys were standing and I don't think it hurts for people to be aware of the risk.

 

[twitcher]

WTF!?

I’m wracking my brain right now....I believe I’m thinking of the IMSA race from Detroit....

But this is now the second time in less than a week that I’ve seen a car being towed or lifted with the driver still in the car. This one, although the outcome was worse, is perhaps not quite as bad as lifting the car with a crane while the driver is still inside, but it’s still rediculous to be towing a car which has broken suspension, with the driver still strapped in - and the driver hanging off the tow strap to attempt to prevent the flip.

What the hell would the FIA do if a tow strap broke, and the buckle got whipped at the driver’s face.

Motorsport is all about safety first, but over just this weekend, we’ve had marshal’s standing in the firing line of pitting cars in a soaking wet pit lane, with a concrete wall directly behind them; we’ve seen GT3 cars being lifted by crane with the driver still aboard (that’s a recipe for a broken back if I’ve seen one); and we’ve seen a 3 wheeled car being towed with a strap inches away from a strapped in driver.

Ya, safety first indeed.

 

[Jimlaad43]

It's why we make sure drivers being towed always wear their helmets. That car should never have been towed, and the problem there was the angle at which is was pulled at.

The Hungary one was not good. Two things were wrong with that. First, they were in front of the wall, not behind or around it, and secondly, it was a group of three. The guys on the edge were able to get out of the way, but the guy in the middle had no escape route. They stood in the wrong place.

 

[twitcher]

It's why we make sure drivers being towed always wear their helmets. That car should never have been towed, and the problem there was the angle at which is was pulled at.

The Hungary one was not good. Two things were wrong with that. First, they were in front of the wall, not behind or around it, and secondly, it was a group of three. The guys on the edge were able to get out of the way, but the guy in the middle had no escape route. They stood in the wrong place.

I don’t know...to me, towing the car with the driver in the car is still pretty dumb. Ya there’s a helmet, but look at what happened to Massa’s face from that spring....what do you think a shackle that got whipped at a driver’s face because the strap broke would do??

I grew up around heavy equipment - logging trucks, skidders, excavators, etc. As kids, we were always getting our trucks and jeeps stuck in the mud. And the number one thing our parents and the old guys taught us, is stay the 🤬 away from the strap and shackles when you’re pulling.

Unless you’re using straps and shackles that are significantly over rated for the task, it’s just asking for trouble to keep your face a few feet from a loaded tow strap, helmet or no helmet.

 

[MatskiMonk]

The Hungary one was not good. Two things were wrong with that. First, they were in front of the wall, not behind or around it, and secondly, it was a group of three. The guys on the edge were able to get out of the way, but the guy in the middle had no escape route. They stood in the wrong place.

Out of curiosity, what kind of tasks are marshals in that position expected to fulfill?

 

[Jimlaad43]

I don’t know...to me, towing the car with the driver in the car is still pretty dumb. Ya there’s a helmet, but look at what happened to Massa’s face from that spring....what do you think a shackle that got whipped at a driver’s face because the strap broke would do??

I grew up around heavy equipment - logging trucks, skidders, excavators, etc. As kids, we were always getting our trucks and jeeps stuck in the mud. And the number one thing our parents and the old guys taught us, is stay the 🤬 away from the strap and shackles when you’re pulling.

Unless you’re using straps and shackles that are significantly over rated for the task, it’s just asking for trouble to keep your face a few feet from a loaded tow strap, helmet or no helmet.

If the car is being towed, someone needs to steer it and hit the brakes. The driver is the best person for it because he has a helmet on and knows how to steer the car. The shackle has nowhere near as much weight and speed behind it to do any damage to a driver, compared to the Massa incident, that was 170mph of a large metal lump, not a small ping of fabric. As long as the driver has a helmet on, they won't be damaged.

Yeah, you don't put any marshals between the towing rope, but the driver is safe, because he is not near where the snap will be dangerous.

Out of curiosity, what kind of tasks are marshals in that position expected to fulfill?

Mostly they're there in case of fires, and to check that pit rules are being followed. In the case of a pitlane crash, they will help clear it up. The teams will likely remove the cars, but the marshals will be there for Debris and any spilled oil.

Think of the Australian GP where Raikkonen pitted with flames out of the airbox, that kind of thing.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Mehdi Bennani for whatever reason put his teammate (and near enough every other car in the race) in the wall:

 

[twitcher]

Mehdi Bennani for whatever reason put his teammate (and near enough every other car in the race) in the wall:

Saw the crash from the race footage, but not this angle. Talk about a front row seat....pretty sure those people are just hanging out on some scaffolding. That would be scary as 🤬!!