Accident in F399

[mclaren_Gt]

really hard

http://img123.exs.cx/img123/7843/thumb_za3php4.th.jpg (http://img123.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img123&image=thumb_za3php4.jpg)

[ZfrkS62]

at what point do you not piss yourself when you see your feet when you should be seeing the nose cone of the car? :shock:

[23790554]

crazy... at least only the nose is gone, it could easily be his legs too

[666fast]

Actually, it wasn't really hard. He was going quite slow. It was in an accident before that man bought it and it was "repaired". You don't repair carbon tubs, you replace them for this exact reason. Hairline cracks can cause a carbon tub to fail spectacularly. It happened at the Monteray Historics.

It seems that Kroyman's F399 is chassis #193, which happens to be the same car that Michael Schumacher crashed into the barriers at the British Grand Prix in 1999, breaking his leg. According to Autosport, "There is concern over the monocoque breaking at just 66.5 MPH" (his impact speed with the tyre wall). So - we know that car had a cracked monocoque. Who repaired it, was it properly repaired, did Ferrari give the car their OK to compete again?

http://www.theprancinghorse.co.uk/news/09_sep/2004/15.html

[tigerx]

Who? what? where? when? why? how???!!!

[racer_f50]

Who? what? where? when? why? how???!!!
click on 666fast's link and you'll find some info.

its amazing that guy didn't hurt his legs. he's quite lucky.

[nejcdolinsek]

WTF???? :shock: :shock:

[dropot2]

What a lucky man! First for driving this car and then for being alive! :shock:

[Wutputt]

Actually, it wasn't really hard. He was going quite slow. It was in an accident before that man bought it and it was "repaired". You don't repair carbon tubs, you replace them for this exact reason. Hairline cracks can cause a carbon tub to fail spectacularly. It happened at the Monteray Historics.

It seems that Kroyman's F399 is chassis #193, which happens to be the same car that Michael Schumacher crashed into the barriers at the British Grand Prix in 1999, breaking his leg. According to Autosport, "There is concern over the monocoque breaking at just 66.5 MPH" (his impact speed with the tyre wall). So - we know that car had a cracked monocoque. Who repaired it, was it properly repaired, did Ferrari give the car their OK to compete again?

http://www.theprancinghorse.co.uk/news/09_sep/2004/15.html
What I heard, besides the wrong repairing, is the nose was also lengthened cause Kroymans couldn't fit in the car (he was too tall). That may also be one of the causes why it broke so easily.

[DeMoN]

seen this before, not sure if in JW... is it a repost?

[chest3r]

I've never seen this photo. When I first saw the picture I just thought "this guy should be pretty bad" but at the same time I thought " How can this be possible" cause I now the F1 cars nowadays are pretty safe. The carbonfiber cockpit is pretty good.