Posts by ruggedhawk20

Jason Campbell70 said:Not sure what happened to my reply to this post.

Whether he slows down to 12 miles/h or 75 miles/h—doesn't matter one bit.

Bianchi should’ve adjusted his speed for the track conditions.
He didn't.

I get all that—but my point is there isn't even a rule forcing him to do it. The handbook doesn't say "drive at 30 mph."

Maybe they just left it up to Darwinism. Who knows.

mellowtiger83 said:If you look at these GIFs, you can see his helmet—basically his head—is sitting way lower in the second shot than in the first. That means he took a massive hit to the head; the impact literally shoved him deeper into the cockpit. Honestly, thank God there was a berm on the back of that excavator, because if he survives this, that slope is the only reason he’s still breathing.

ruggedhawk20 said:I already know.

Look at this photo—Julian Bianchi’s helmet slams right into this curved part of the rear end—which basically shoves his head deep into the cockpit—and slices right through the airbox.

Absolute stroke of luck. If that excavator had hit that nasty brush instead of us—man, someone's head would’ve been crushed or sliced clean off for sure.

Look, man—hot water is a total game-changer, but it’s got one massive flaw.

Jason Campbell70 said:Flags mean something.
Double yellows mean something too.

Danger—slow down—get ready to stop.

Doing 200 mph on a wet track just doesn't fit that vibe.

Duh, obviously it means slow down. But by how much!? It doesn't say anywhere. If he was doing 210 and dropped to 200—was he following the rules? Yes.

The fact that the rule is idiotic and totally vague is a whole different conversation.

graniteharbor502 said:The track's split into 20 sectors, so under a yellow flag, drivers have to drop two tenths off their best time—and if there's a double yellow, they gotta shave off half a second.

See? Total nonsense. Rule is brainless.

I’d bet money he was running at least half a second slower than his Saturday qualifying pace.

Half a second!? Idiots.

In GT3 and other endurance races, you just use Code 60.

And it's crystal clear what that means. You don't go over 60km/h. Period.

What kind of BS is this, half a second!? Forget about it—even ten tenths would be crazy.

Jason Campbell70 said:If this is right, Julian Bianchi was hitting 125 mph at the moment he took off.
And you definitely don't pull stuff like that under those conditions—especially after they've already flashed double yellows at you.

Sure, you shouldn't be doing it—but people do it because nobody's actually stopping them.

Under yellow flags, the only hard rule is "don't overtake"—there isn't some specific speed limit written in stone. It just says you have to slow down. Good luck trying to regulate that. Going from 126 to 125 is technically slowing down. There’s no rulebook saying exactly how much.

Besides, everyone does it—everyone's just trying to catch the pack behind the safety car as fast as possible.

A few years back, Montoya wiped out in a puddle while the track was drying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87xVnWEyOak

mellowtiger83 said:Honestly, I've seen way too many crashes where drivers were just—well, let's just say they weren't exactly paying attention. They got off scot-free—no consequences at all. Berger-Imola, Barichello-imola, Martin Donnelly, Robert Kubica and the rest—ugh.
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ruggedhawk20 said:Martin Donnelly is disabled.

mellowtiger83 said:@ ruggedhawk20.

Martin Donnelly's got a missing right leg—just so we're clear.Looking at the photos—yeah, he’s standing and walking just fine—it's clearly a prosthetic situation.

Given that accident—I’m still saying he got lucky—he’s still functional as a human being, and maybe even motor-wise too.

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Drew Bennett68 said:Suzuka is a total beast of a track—absolute nightmare.

Throw in the ones who absolutely wrecked their cars but walked away—you know, the legends. Timo Glock.

The takeoff zones are way too thin—total joke.

Indianapolis is a nightmare—but you'll forgive it, because there’s one that's way worse.

Check out this list of winners at the Motor Speedway—pretty wild stuff.

It never even crosses anyone's mind to widen the runoff areas—just keeps things predictably messy.

If you can't handle the heat, stay off the road. Period.

He should just pack his bags and find a new hobby—seriously.

shadowhawk24 said:Exactly—he caught air over the gravel, but the real killer was hitting that driveway pavement coming out of the dirt—it basically launched him straight into a backhoe.

This is that split second right before impact—when he hits the transition from the gravel to the asphalt and you can see the front end just lift off the ground. At that point, there's zero chance of correcting anything—it's game over.

That’s exactly my point—there are plenty of situations where you can basically hang the brakes by a thread.

since mellowtiger83 was asking like he was actually surprised— I mean, where were his brakes—the ones that are supposed to drop a car from 200 mph to 40 in a heartbeat?

I basically just told him—they were in the car, sure, but they were totally useless.

Doesn't even matter why.

ruggedhawk20 said:Brakes only work sometimes—super rare cases, really. One condition is that the wheels actually have to be spinning and there’s gotta be some friction between the tires and the road. As soon as you lose either one of those? Your brakes are basically useless.

ruggedhawk20 said:It’s on the race organizers—they didn't have cranes ready by the track, and Charlie Whiting didn't demand them, so instead they just had these guys pulling cars out with excavators

Real geniuses over here think the same way

http://www.lequipe.fr/Formule-1/Actu...e-faute/504885

this photo tells you everything you need to know

1) the officials were waving those flags perfectly—I mean, look, the steward booth is clearly right behind the crash site
2) Bianchi didn't slide off into the gravel, he went straight onto the asphalt—just like how the cover explained it to Mary

I saw some chatter elsewhere saying Bianchi didn't make it.

Nothing's been officially confirmed yet.

mellowtiger83 said:She was just flawless.

Martin Donnelly is useless.

mellowtiger83 said:Basically, I've seen plenty of drivers walk away from massive wrecks totally unscathed—think Berger-imola, Barichello-imola, Donnelly, Kubica, and so on.

That’s the kind of luck I'm wishing for Jules.

Look, sinek, Donnelly spent years in a wheelchair.

Calling that "walking away without consequences" is a huge stretch.

gentlecobra23, I have zero clue what you're even talking about—honestly, it's like you landed here from another planet or something.

mellowtiger83 said:Why am I seeing zero smoke from locked wheels? There should’ve been plenty of smoke if they were locking up, especially since the track was wet.

How come Sutil spins out way easier at that exact spot—and even with much less speed?

Where are all the crash replays?

And where’s the onboard footage? I know it exists—there’s gotta be tons of cameras on those cars, right?? They’re practically required by the rulebook!!

Wheels don't smoke when they lock up on a wet track.

As a massive fan of rain racing, you really should know that.

Or maybe you've just never actually seen a lock-up in the rain. If you haven't seen it, I guess you'll just have to take my word for it.

vividlynx68 said:It was Akvaplaning...

Or whatever.

The point is the same—brakes are basically useless in those conditions.

It’s like being tossed out of a plane with your car and slamming the brakes hoping for a miracle stop.

Brakes only work sometimes—like, really rarely. One condition is that the wheels actually have to be spinning and there needs to be friction between the tire and the road. Once you lose either one of those? The brakes are dead weight.

mellowtiger83 said:Brakes???—idk how long that runoff area actually is, looks way too short to me—feels like he just couldn't slow down, almost like he caught air right before that.

Sa 218 miles/h how much? 37 milesIn NASCAR, you need about 130 to 150 meters of hard braking—so when he flies right off that turn and Sutil comes charging up behind him at... 124 miles/h??

Sutil just drifted off slightly before him—totally harmless, just a light tap against the barrier—but then Bianchi flies off like a damn bullet straight into that excavator. I don't get it??

Was it just me, or did anyone else catch that?

Brakes are basically useless once you lock up the wheels—not that anyone noticed the rain falling out there.

mellowtiger83 said:Exactly—Joe Zagorec hit the nail on the head there. Everything fits perfectly.

Anything else??

Look, if we're talking about asphalt and his tires started sliding all over the place, obviously he didn't slow down. It's just common sense.

mellowtiger83 said:Insane video—gave me actual chills.

How the hell did he reach the excavator that fast?? There’s sand everywhere, braking before the turn, etc.—WTF.

It's not sand, it's gravel

And honestly, it isn't even gravel—it's an asphalt road.

plus, what kind of "saving" is that if you end up footing a million-dollar bill at the end of the day

is this how airlines cut corners too, maybe?

I’m dying to know which college you go to—honestly, this level of logic is such a rare find, I really need to know which school teaches people to think like this

was it political science?