Could have been worse...

mmm-five · Post by **mmm-five** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 12:54 pm

Another reminder why the Ring is such a dangerous, scary place...even if you do nothing wrong yourself.

This is the aftermath of a McLaren fluid spill through the Fuchsrohre/Foxhole section which is very fast (even the Alfa is showing 120mph down there) and has a compression right at the bottom where you really, really should not brake...15s in for Z4 content...

Another video from a 'late' arrival...shows that you can't see anything until 'almost' too late. It also shows that the Z4 must have had another accident (or more likely someone else hit it later) at 30s.

BTW, there were supposedly flags waving and amber lights flashing in warning, but my eyes must be terrible (or the flags/lights useless) as I don't see anything.

DMC63 · Post by **DMC63** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 1:07 pm

Not good... One thing that's deterred me so far is having to fork out loads of cash if something goes wrong. The costs mount up quickly when you're blocking the ring and or have to be towed. Add on top of that replacing the fence and it's a remortgage. I need to buy a car I can just leave there if the s**t hits the fan. It'd be cheaper than transporting a smashed z back to the UK.

dans6490 · Post by **dans6490** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 1:32 pm

Jeez, scary stuff. The zed was rear ended quite hard and shunted up the road looking at the second video

Buckz · Post by **Buckz** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 1:39 pm

the zed clearly got hit again after the first video

it looked completely smashed.

Flyingfifer · Post by **Flyingfifer** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 2:11 pm

Fuuuuuuuuuu that Zed musta took a massive hit afterwards

I really hope no one was still inside it when that happened

Chris_D · Post by **Chris_D** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 2:20 pm

Wrote off my E46 M3 there a few years back. Fortunately at relatively low speed coming out of karrussell.
Still had to shell out for a few meters of armco, track stoppage, recovery and cleanup. Didn't have trackday insurance and it definitley stung for a few months afterwards.
That looks pretty nasty however and at one of the fastest blind bends on the whole circuit. You can certainly tell where the difference between road and track brakes come in; that zed was fishtailing all over the shop on its' standard brakes.

mmm-five · Post by **mmm-five** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 3:36 pm

There's an article on BridgeToGantry about this...says 10 injured, 4 seriously.

TitanTim · Post by **TitanTim** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 4:30 pm

I never quite see the point of that circuit as it's Russian roulette, you may as well stay at home and drive your car into a brick wall, pointless.

Tim.

Buckz · Post by **Buckz** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 4:41 pm

TitanTim wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2017 4:30 pm I never quite see the point of that circuit as it's Russian roulette, you may as well stay at home and drive your car into a brick wall, pointless.

Tim.

you're clearly too old for it

andysat · Post by **andysat** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 5:17 pm

Bloody ell I didn't realise you had to pay for fencing etc....

andysat · Post by **andysat** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 5:19 pm

What the fastest mph you can get up to on a straight??

Yorkie Z · Post by **Yorkie Z** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 6:24 pm

Ouch that was nasty. Thought the chap in the Z got off lightly in the first video just missing the stopped car on the grass. Second video shows it's clearly not his day.

Z4M-2006 · Post by **Z4M-2006** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 6:25 pm

Poor bugger so nearly got away with it too...

TitanTim · Post by **TitanTim** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 6:36 pm

Buckz wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2017 4:41 pm
TitanTim wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2017 4:30 pm I never quite see the point of that circuit as it's Russian roulette, you may as well stay at home and drive your car into a brick wall, pointless.

Tim.
you're clearly too old for it

I'll stick with me Scalextric

Tim.

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 7:29 pm

Interesting to see the same crash from several angles. What was that green car before hand?

One reason I have never been back to the ring. An Evo V, new at the time went charging off down the main straight out of the car park, ahead of me Didn't even make the first right hander after the kink Bits of White Evo all over the place. Happily know one hurt and know one ploughed in afterwards. I still have the ticket for my last lap somewhere, I will never drive it.

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