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Look up Tom Pryce... Thats the kind of damage that can be done to a helmet.
Massa (hopefully) got off lightly!
HUNGARORING - BUDAPEST - HUNGARY Grand Prix 2009 - Race 10/17
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Look up Tom Pryce... Thats the kind of damage that can be done to a helmet.
Massa (hopefully) got off lightly!
Yeah, but that was 30 years ago. The technology in todays helmets is leagues ahead of that.
Highlights - Alonso claims Hungary pole
Watch Q3 for the Hungarian Grand Prix which was delayed following a crash involving Felipe Massa while Fernando Alonso eventually claims pole after a computer timing system failed.
Video of crash ouch and not good two helmet strikes in a week. resulting in one death and one injury.
Massa crashes in Hungary qualifying
The final session of qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix is delayed when Ferrari's Felipe Massa crashes after being struck on the helmet by a piece of debris, believed to be from Rubens Barrichello's car.
Button blames fuel load
Brawn GP's Jenson Button says his car was struggling in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix because of the extra fuel he was carrying, after finishing eighth in the standings.
Hungarian GP qualifying - drivers' news conference
Renault's Fernando Alonso takes pole position at the end of a confusing final qualifying session for the Hungarian Grand Prix. Red Bull duo Sebastien Vettel and Mark Webber are second and third respectively.
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The car hasn't looked particularly quick all weekend though.
Yeah not what I wanted to see. Wanted to see a clean fight between RBR and Brawn. To see who is faster.
But even with all the mess it still looks like RBR is ahead even on warmer tracks. Although it's not that hot
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Let's hope brawn can do damage limitation and see if they can do any upgrades before the next one.
Oh as I'm away tomorrow feel free to grab the screen prints and sort the video/news links out and add to the opening post. If there's a kind mod.
But even with all the mess it still looks like RBR is ahead even on warmer tracks. Although it's not that hot
.Let's hope brawn can do damage limitation and see if they can do any upgrades before the next one.
Oh as I'm away tomorrow feel free to grab the screen prints and sort the video/news links out and add to the opening post. If there's a kind mod.
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Yeah not what I wanted to see. And wanted to see a clean fight between redbull and brawn. To see hwo is faster.
But even with all the mess I still looks like RBR is ahead even on warmer tracks. Although it's not that hot
Let's hope brawn can do damage limitation and see if they can do any upgrades before the next one.
Oh as I'm away tomorrow feel free to grab the screen prints and sort the video/news links out and add to the opening post. If there's a kind mod.
The difference we are seeing now I'm sure is down to budget and personel. Brawn must have half the workforce from the one that built the Honda/Brawn and much less of a budget to react.
Red Bull seems to have not only caught but passed them.
Brawn doesn't have the depth to compete over a season.
Wouldn't this count as force majeure?
Nope why would they. Nothing brawn could have done.
Surely there's an argument to say that their car shouldn't have a defect that's dangerous to the other competitors? I'm not saying I think they should be punished, it was a freak accident, but it happened nontheless, and what the stewards think and what we do may be very different!
How do you work that out?
Picture of Massa after the crash, I'll put a warning there is a little bit of blood but it's not really horrible just a cut above his eye.
http://img.mtv3.fi/mn_kuvat/mtv3/urheilu/formulakuvat/kilpailut/2009/755343.jpg
I'd imagine that spring was about an inch away from blinding him
vtec just kicked in yo!
people lose wheelnuts and stuff all the time and they never get punished for it
unless they can prove it, like the part was not crash tested. Then there's no chance.
Very sorry to see Massa have this freak accident. I hope he gets well soon.
With regards to qualifying, I was very surprised to see Alonso so confident of getting pole and then nailing it. Clearly Renault knew something that none of us did.
Was also surprised to see just how far back Brawn are now in relation to the rest of the pack. I think its safe to say that they dont have anything like the best car in F1 anymore and they will surely begin damage limitation, in which case surely, they have to ask Barrichello to support Button, otherwise before long, the RedBull drivers may be ahead of Button.
As amazed as I was seeing them come from near the back of the grid in 2008 to win 6 out of the first 7 GPs this year, I am just as amazed as seeing at just how quickly they are getting usurped by other teams/cars.
It should be an interesting start to the race, after which I think things will settle down into a procession. Any excitement is likely to come from Hamilton, if he can pull something special off.
With regards to qualifying, I was very surprised to see Alonso so confident of getting pole and then nailing it. Clearly Renault knew something that none of us did.
Was also surprised to see just how far back Brawn are now in relation to the rest of the pack. I think its safe to say that they dont have anything like the best car in F1 anymore and they will surely begin damage limitation, in which case surely, they have to ask Barrichello to support Button, otherwise before long, the RedBull drivers may be ahead of Button.
As amazed as I was seeing them come from near the back of the grid in 2008 to win 6 out of the first 7 GPs this year, I am just as amazed as seeing at just how quickly they are getting usurped by other teams/cars.
It should be an interesting start to the race, after which I think things will settle down into a procession. Any excitement is likely to come from Hamilton, if he can pull something special off.
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