Felipe Massa in stable condition after freak crash

[ludermor]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8168807.stm

Crazy crash, he was hit on the head by debris from another car and knocked out then crashed into the tyre wall at full pelt. It was all caught on the camera from his car.

[Square Ball]

was watching it earlier on, freak accident and after what happened Surtees last week as well.

[Square Ball]

was watching it earlier on, freak accident and after what happened Surtees last week as well.

it was a spring that hit him

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16s5PJoyjQo

[orangeman]

Apparently the spring fractured his helmet and fractured his skull and eye socket. Lucky to be alive.

[Square Ball]

Apparently the spring fractured his helmet and fractured his skull and eye socket. Lucky to be alive.

he is indeed. wonder what speed he was doing and what speed the spring was travelling at, it must have been a hell of an impact to do that to his helmet

[orangeman]

Apparently the spring fractured his helmet and fractured his skull and eye socket. Lucky to be alive.

he is indeed. wonder what speed he was doing and what speed the spring was travelling at, it must have been a hell of an impact to do that to his helmet

Apparently he was doing 250mph and the spring was less than this. Kinetic enery of spring and speed of car would have meant a serious force.

[Square Ball]

watching it earlier on it seems that he must have been conscious as he was able to apply the brakes before he hit the tyre wall

[Tyrones own]

Apparently the spring fractured his helmet and fractured his skull and eye socket. Lucky to be alive.

he is indeed. wonder what speed he was doing and what speed the spring was travelling at, it must have been a hell of an impact to do that to his helmet

Apparently he was doing 250mph and the spring was less than this. Kinetic enery of spring and speed of car would have meant a serious force.

Sure about that?

[rolloutking]

Did his helmet have to be cut off? I imagine it would have done more harm than good taking it off normally

Should F1 cars now have an enclosed driver?

[Cúig huaire]

Should F1 cars now have an enclosed driver?

It was a freak accident, there is no need for the driver to be enclosed. The car stood up well to the impact, you could say the same for the helmet even though they are not designed for this type of impact. Massa`s injury could have been much worse if the spring had come straight through the visor.

[Archie Mitchell]

There would have been some force of the spring hitting the crash helmet considering the damage it did. Read that the spring could have weighed up to 1kg. Any physics heads about that could work out the force of the impact given the speed of the car, spring and weight of the spring. Was no good at physics at school.

[Cúig huaire]

You would need to know how fast the spring was travelling to work out the speed of the impact, but Massa was travelling at 170mph when the accident happened, he hit the brake immediately but he also kept his right foot on the throttle. The throttle was fully opened when he hit the tyre wall.

[Doogie Browser]

Heard on the Radio Schumacher may come back for the rest of the season

[orangeman]

I hear Massa's career could be over - apparently has suffered damage to one of his eyes.

[Archie Mitchell]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8169365.stm

The spring was travelling at 140mph, weighing 1kg and the car was travelling at 150mph.