Japanese Grand Prix 2014, Suzuka - Race 15/19

Nexus said:
Having just seen the crash, it does seem to meet my suspicion that the TV cameras likely caught it, but the Director didn't show a replay because of just how brutal it was. It really wasn't obvious that anything else had happened initially and its probably that Sky spotted the lack of Bianchi's timing just before the graphic came up.

It really is a horrible crash, I hope he pulls through it.
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From the view they would have (to the left of the incident) the cameras wouldn't have picked up the severity of the crash. It's the guy filming from the other side that shows how bad it was. Even if the director did catch it the commentators would have been informed I'm sure. I mean, everyone else in the pit lane seemed to know something had happened and the race director wouldn't have informed them obviously.
 
JRS said:
Hardly surprising, the BBC TV coverage is utterly dire now and has been for a while. They really ought to just admit defeat, wriggle out of whatever is left of their contract and spend the money on more pointless **** like Strictly Come Prancing or whatever.
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Weren't there rumblings that they are dropping BBC3? I'm sure they said it would free up 30 million. Will they spend it on improving and or regaining their F1 rights? How about MotoGP back that they let go after 10 ten years. Nope, they want to spend it on more drama... sigh :rolleyes:
 
Just seen the video...wow, that's a brutal crash, can't believe how much that JCB jumps into the air....not holding a lot of hope for him, even if he does survive :-/
 
The whole story is tragic. Stupid coincidences add up to a horrible injury.

This thread talks about adding skirts to tractors etc.

But surely the simple fact is that double waved yellows means "slow down and be prepared to stop" - Bianchi hadn't and couldn't.

The FIA have to respond to this. There is a maximum speed limit in the pits and it is tightly enforced. Maybe a similar tech needs to be used on the track.

I also wonder if last year's high nose car would have made any difference ?
 
This is the point I've been making. Hitting the tractor is a rare incident, but it is the result of a lapse attitude to what double waved yellows means, and with that a lack of any enforcement by the FIA.
 
MooMoo444 said:
If he's not breathing on his own does that effectively mean he is dead? I'm not really a doctor.
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No just means he's not well enough for his body to be able to make his lungs function properly. They often take over breathing for someone when they're ill so that the body can focus on other things that doctors can't take over, such as repairing the damage in his head. It improves his chances of fighting because breathing takes so much effort, not necessarily that he will never breathe on his own again.
 
Anyone who has mentioned the attitude to Double Waved yellows is spot on in my opinion. Having seen the videos and knowing the circumstances running up to the crash, as well as previous information about drivers barely lifting through cautions, it's clear that the FIA need to enforce/define driver behaviour in a caution area.
That is the clearest, most simple, and safe solution to the freak incident that occurred on Sunday.
Its clear that even if the recovery of sutil's car had been completed, the accident would have been severe enough to injure seriously so the JCB impact is almost irrelevant in terms of actual problem that caused the accident.
This accident has highlighted the true reason the flag system should be used, and that it is not being deployed/managed correctly.
 
Yea racing drivers by their very nature will always push the boundaries of what they can get away with when it's left to them to implement. The issue is that it has become the norm to 'barely lift' during a caution as to slow down to a more sensible speed would leave any driver at a huge disadvantage unless it was mandatory and enforced correctly so everyone was equal.
 
Guerrilla said:
Yea racing drivers by their very nature will always push the boundaries of what they can get away with when it's left to them to implement. The issue is that it has become the norm to 'barely lift' during a caution as to slow down to a more sensible speed would leave any driver at a huge disadvantage unless it was mandatory and enforced correctly so everyone was equal.
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Exactly this, when I was racing karts nobody ever lifted for a yellow flag they just didn't overtake under yellows obviously

Even the officials knew full well that nobody would lift for a yellow flag they even said it a couple of times in the driver briefings

Obviously F1 is different with all the data available etc but they only have to lift off slightly to prove they have gone slower in that sector
 
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