Ferrari destroyed in F1 test

[R8audi]

02/06/2006 09:09



Luca Badoer did not return to test duty at Circuit de Catalunya after a huge accident on Thursday.

Ferrari's veteran test driver left the right-rear but also the front section of his '248' car totally destroyed after losing it in the ultra-quick turn three sweeper and smacking conveyor-belt covered tyres.

Italy's Badoer, 35, emerged from the red car as a few flames emerged from the bodywork, but was unhurt.

The car, however, is beyond repair.


Anyone else got more detailed info...?

[RAMMIUS]

Isn`t that enough ???

BTW , we have a section for news

[tuem88]

Some pictures of the crash:

[ZfrkS62]

looks bad, but then again every F1 crash does when a wall of any kind if involved. Though unhurt, i am sure he sore as hell.

[DeMoN]

damn that will be the background of my ferrari friend background


Go McLaren!

[dutchmasterflex]

It's amazing how safe the drivers are in an impact like that..

[tuem88]

Originally Posted by bmuller Not that F1 cars aren't strong or anything, but just the basic layout of the car yields itself to worse looking crashes. With the wheels away from the body and thin, lightweight connecting rods, of course its gonna look bad. Plus, the extreme speed of the car itself doesn't help.

They're also made to break at a certain force, and then when it brakes in a crash like this, it absorbes the energy of the impact, like with a crush zone on a normal car.

[ZfrkS62]

Originally Posted by bmuller Originally Posted by tuem88 Originally Posted by bmuller Not that F1 cars aren't strong or anything, but just the basic layout of the car yields itself to worse looking crashes. With the wheels away from the body and thin, lightweight connecting rods, of course its gonna look bad. Plus, the extreme speed of the car itself doesn't help. They're also made to break at a certain force, and then when it brakes in a crash like this, it absorbes the energy of the impact, like with a crush zone on a normal car. ^^I believe you mean crumple zone, and since the driver cockpit is made to withstand these crashes it's not too surprising he lived unless the crash was above 150 mph

what was button doing 3 years ago when he smacked the wall coming out of the tunnel in Monaco? 180+?

they can withstand speeds higher than 150. the thing that will kill a driver these days is internal injuries due to the Gs sustained in the sudden stop. Or, a car just drives straight through you like what happened a few months back in IRL

[bmagni]

blah blah blah. BTW that same day Schu broke the lap record of the track (1.13.471)

[03200165]

blah blah blah. BTW that same day Schu broke the lap record of the track (1.13.471)

He didn't broke the record, you can only break a lap record during a race He did drive faster than the lap record. Faster than all the cars have done this entire year, 0.5 sec faster, and that is a lot faster!

[Max Power]

^^
he did broke the track record (of all time)...unofficially...