Motorsport Off Topic Thread

[Mr Jack]

 

[kaiowas]

Now confirmed

https://www.barc.net/barc-statement/

 

[el_dazza]

Just seen that one died how awful.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

That’s terrible

They all do such a wonderful job. I hope there’s some kind of mention/silence in F1 tomorrow.

 

[Dup]

Really sad. They're the unsung characters around a racetrack given they volunteer to clean up and look after well sponsored teams and drivers.

A freak accident however with any situation like this, I hope they can find ways to make sure this kind of incident again.

 

[MagicBoy]

Awful news, They're the unsung heroes of UK motorsport.

Condolences to the family.

 

[el_dazza]

Aitken has a broken collarbone and fractured vertebrae. Hope he recovers well!

 

[SKILL]

Shame to hear about the marshall, RIP and condolences to their family and friends.

 

[Mr Jack]

Aitken has a broken collarbone and fractured vertebrae. Hope he recovers well!

Bloody hell. Yesterday was not a good day. From one Jack to another: get well soon.

 

[chrismscotland]

Some crash in the Spa 24 hours; its good that they're putting a gravel trap back in at the top of the hill after the the fatal F2 crash in 2019 but I'm not sure even that would have prevented the accident that happened on Sat/Sunday

 

[Psycho Ned]

Williams have let Ticktum go from their academy.

Williams release development driver Dan Ticktum | Formula 1®

Looks like we'll have to Settle for Dan winding people up in Indycar Ferruci style as opposed to getting his antics in F1!

 

[JRS]

Williams have let Ticktum go from their academy.

 

[Mr Jack]

Williams have let Ticktum go from their academy.

Apparently he was talking smack about Latifi on Twitch, wonder whether that had anything to do with it? It's a pity really, Dan clearly has talent but his inability to behave has ruined his career.

Edit: Apparently not, it had already happened but hadn't yet been announced. I guess his childish comments were just his post sacking strop.

 

[JRS]

An interesting bunfight has apparently been going on over credit for designing the almost all-conquering McLaren MP4/4 of 1988. Steve Nichols had been claiming the credit, Gordon Murray has now fired back.

 

[chrismscotland]

McLaren are taking a 75% stake in the Arrow McLaren SP IndyCar team from the end of the year and likely to run a 3rd car; rumoured that Magnussen and Grosjean are on what's a "very short" list.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Aitken has a broken collarbone and fractured vertebrae. Hope he recovers well!

Ouch, lucky to walk away, but not the easiest things to recover from.

 

[Mr Jack]

Ouch, lucky to walk away, but not the easiest things to recover from.

Next F2 race is 11th September. Recovering from his injuries in that time seems quite likely, but recovering fitness lost during the period of enforced inactivity surely harder.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

I doubt he will be cleared to race with a cracked vertebrae tbh.

 

[Mr Jack]

I doubt he will be cleared to race with a cracked vertebrae tbh.

I'd have thought it'd have healed enough that he would be able to race by then, I guess it depends how serious the break is. I know MotoGP riders have competed with fractured vertebrae before but they are another kind of nuts.

 

[the-evaluator]

MotoGP riders are absolute lunatics but sadly FIM medics who decide if someone is fit to ride or not aren't fit to do the job.

Lorenzo Savadori was declared to take the restart at the Styrian GP this weekend just gone despite him having a broken ankle.