Massive Crash - Le Mans 24h 2011
This just happened. And taught me some German Swears. (NSFW if you are German...)
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That kinda thing can wreck your day
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enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Sat 11 Jun 2011, 15:36,
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That's a little unfair
McNish wasn't driving the car that crashed, he merely happened to be in the way.
I've spent the last ten minutes or so trying to find out who/what it was that flew behind him but haven't been able to yet.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Sat 11 Jun 2011, 20:15,
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In case you haven't found out yet.
The car is Team Courage Oreca, Stephane Ortelli at Monza 2008
Link is confusing as it states Le Mans 2009
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Gregor Lenko There's a tree..., Sat 11 Jun 2011, 21:03,
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Cheers
I figured it was probably a Courage Oreca and had got the name Stephane Ortelli, but couldn't get any further.
Monza eh? It certainly does a good impression of the first chicane down towards Mulsanne...
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Sat 11 Jun 2011, 21:31,
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No problem.
That it may, but Monza it is.
It's the chicane after the Start/Finish straight, Mulsanne has a much longer run in to the chicane with a chicane that precedes it.
In the video above you can see the previous corner is not too distant.
Edit: In addition Pits are visible on the left i.e. Monza
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Gregor Lenko There's a tree..., Sat 11 Jun 2011, 21:57,
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Yeah,
I admit I was having trouble reconciling that side of the track with the side of the straight at Le Mans, but I guess I overlooked it as the chicane itself was a good match. Now you tell me it's Monza I can see it clearly.
Confirmation bias FTL.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Sat 11 Jun 2011, 23:12,
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0:37 whats nick clegg doing there?
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Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Sat 11 Jun 2011, 15:37,
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Two things I will NEVER understand:
-Grown men watching cars drive round a track
-Fishing
-Basic arithmetic
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Sat 11 Jun 2011, 15:45,
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Car racing (except stock car) is one of those sports where the fun of doing it is inversely proportional the the fun of watching it
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Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Sat 11 Jun 2011, 16:01,
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Funnily enough
most of my friends who are really into watching car racing have never, ever, driven a car and have no desire to.
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krang, Sat 11 Jun 2011, 18:15,
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Aw, gods damn it.
The moment I close the stream something fun happens.
(, Sat 11 Jun 2011, 15:49, Reply)
That guy with the camera equipment...
must be running away with a voice in his head screaming 'why's that fucking tyre after meeeeee?????'
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NooShmoo It's a fantazmagorical pile of ultra bollocks, Sat 11 Jun 2011, 15:51,
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Maybe it'd been getting ideas:
uk.imdb.com/title/tt1612774/
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Sat 11 Jun 2011, 16:00,
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Holy hell, that's fantastic!
Dusk Till Dawn meets Pirelli!! Thanks.
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NooShmoo It's a fantazmagorical pile of ultra bollocks, Sat 11 Jun 2011, 16:28,
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or knows what happened to Joe Rooks
www.archive.worldpressphoto.org/search/layout/result/indeling/detailwpp/form/wpp/q/ishoofdafbeelding/true/trefwoord/year/1979/trefwoord/organization_facet/The%20Associated%20Press?id=wpp%3Acol1%3Adat4983
(photo sequence of fatal accident - nothing gory but a warning for those who'd rather not see such things)
(, Sat 11 Jun 2011, 17:50, Reply)
Scheiße!
Was listening to the radio stream when it happened. Sounded nasty but nowhere near as bad as that. That car was so close to jumping the Armco, Christ alone knows whether the catch fencing would have stopped it at that speed...
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Sat 11 Jun 2011, 15:58,
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