Initially, the thing that concerned me about the crash...

Was that the car had gone so far into the tyre wall, I thought that the tyres could have connected with his head and done some damage that way, rather than the structure of the car giving way.

Posted By: Dog on April 28th 2008 at 14:49:02

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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
    - Initially, the thing that concerned me about the crash... (General Chat) - Dog, Apr 28, 14:49:02
      - The cars are so much stronger these days ... (General Chat) - meeky, Apr 28, 14:56:47
        
        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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