The cars are so much stronger these days ...
a Mclaren - Mercedes SLR rolled six times at 200mph and the driver got out with a bruised arm, and that's a road car.
When they decided to make a cabriolet version they thought they would have to make the monocoque stronger, so they took a standard saloon version and cut the roof off it. When they did the crash test the results were exactly the same.
It would have to be a hell of an accident for a driver to be killed these days, only way I could see it happening would be one car wheel landing on the cockpit of another.
Plus the safety on the tracks is so much better hence the tyre walls.
Posted By: meeky on April 28th 2008 at 14:56:47
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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
- The cars are so much stronger these days ... (General Chat) - meeky, Apr 28, 14:56:47
- Initially, the thing that concerned me about the crash... (General Chat) - Dog, Apr 28, 14:49:02
- It's the material inside the carbon fibre which is ... (General Chat) - meeky, Apr 28, 14:46:02
- 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
- But... (General Chat) - Dog, Apr 28, 14:24:01
- 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
- i did, and weren't they saying something to that effect in commentary? (General Chat) - blindasabat, Apr 28, 14:21:10
- I was watching that, and thought he might be in real trouble (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 28, 14:34:16
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