(10-13-2021, 04:24 AM)Sneakers Wrote:

(10-12-2021, 11:48 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: Holy freaking [BLEEP] y'all. Oh. My. God. If y'all haven't seen this you are missing out on witnessing a true miracle. This just goes to show you aren't going to die if it's not your time to go. This series has been fascinating and I don't know jack about F1.

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He was lucky to walk away from the crash itself, but that much time in the fire before he got out!!!  It's amazing what the suits can withstand.

When he actually climbed out, it looked like a scene from a Terminator movie.

It was two minutes and 45 seconds between the crash and when he got out. If you watch the episode this happens in, Man On Fire, he describes how it happened from his perspective. I thought the guy was dead so when he climbed out I actually cried.

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(10-13-2021, 06:51 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: The video makes it seem longer than it actually was. It’s still amazing he walked away from that not only because of the flames, but the impact.

F1 owes a huge debt of gratitude to Jackie Stewart. When he was a major star in F1 racing back in the 70s, he leveraged his stardom to lobby F1 and course owners to make the cars and tracks safer for drivers. He even went so far as to tell promoters and organizers on race day that he would withdraw from the race if certain immediate measures weren’t taken to improve safety. In one instance it was cutting down some trees that presented a hazard to cars if they went off course.

Stewart said something along the lines that racing had turned into a blood sport. ‘People believed race drivers had a death wish.’

There’s an excellent documentary on this. It’s a fascinating look at the evolution of safety in F1 race car driving.

Two minutes and forty-five seconds from crash to emergence. 

It's like someone said in the comments section, the safety rules for these guys is written in blood- literally.

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