i did, and weren't they saying something to that effect in commentary?

and i think they were possibly misguided in this belief

the framework around the legs should certainly be able to survive the impact but there is probably less of a need for the 'bodywork' to (obviously a lot of the bodywork is designed not to survive on impact as a way of dissipating all that energy)

Posted By: blindasabat on April 28th 2008 at 14:21:10

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"it lasted 100 milliseconds which is quite a long one" (General Chat) - blindasabat, Apr 28, 14:00:13
- I was watching that, and thought he might be in real trouble (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 28, 14:34:16
  - It's the material inside the carbon fibre which is ... (General Chat) - meeky, Apr 28, 14:46:02
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        You just like saying monocoque, don't you! (n/m) (General Chat) - Dog, Apr 28, 15:00:56
        
        Yep (n/m) (General Chat) - meeky, Apr 28, 15:04:16
- It is a higher G-force than you get (General Chat) - Cannydc, Apr 28, 14:22:17
- If you watched it yesterday (General Chat) - conker, Apr 28, 14:10:47
  - i did, and weren't they saying something to that effect in commentary? (General Chat) - blindasabat, Apr 28, 14:21:10
    - But... (General Chat) - Dog, Apr 28, 14:24:01
      - which is probably still better than what happened to Alex Zinardi (in Indy Cart) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Apr 28, 14:32:29
  - I was expecting to see mangled legs when they showed that shot of him on the stretcher... (General Chat) - Dog, Apr 28, 14:12:29

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