[Closed] F1 - Massa hit by debris

Lucky and unlucky at the same time.

Oops wrong forum, will post it on the other side or can a mod move this?

shame i like massa comes across as alright kinda guy. How it can cause a cut like that through the helmet, is a bit worrying.

Jesus, he was obviously knocked out, look at the accelerator, it goes all the way to the floor after he's hit... very very lucky

I should imagine the energy of the spring coming towards him whilst he was doing close to 200mph would be too much for any (use/wearable) helmet to withstand

blimey

Poor feker let's hope he recovers well.

looks nasty :S

very lucky after that wheel killing the dude the other weekend !

I think the helmet did its job OK there. Dissipated the energy and the damage to his head was probably hitting the inside of the helmet. Just like you will still get a nasty bruise if shot wearing a bullet proof vest.

look at the accelerator, it goes all the way to the floor after he's hit...

How do you work that out? The engine revs clearly drop instantly the moment it hits? Or do you mean when he hits the barrier?

If you look at the on screen graphic the green bar is the throttle and the red bar is the brake, both are full on after he's hit.

Let's hope he makes a full recovery and that there's no damage to his eyesight.

I see it, it does look that way doesnt it. But he is still gripping the wheel fairly securely (considering the terrain) until he hits the wall, then his hands drop.

Life threatening condition according to SSN - hope he recovers.

There's reports he's suffered skull damage and had an emergency op, on botgh planetf1 and bbc. 🙁

Life threatening condition according to SSN

****ing hell, is that right?

Fingers crossed for him.

I'm hoping some of the news channel reports are exagerating the statement issued by Ferrari that Massa is recovering in intensive care after the successful operation.

Considering this may be life threatening you might want to remove the picture.

[i]Considering this may be life threatening you might want to remove the picture. [/i]
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[i]**** hell, is that right? [/i]

He was hit in the head with a piece of metal at high speed, now has a fractured skull. Yes it's life threatening.

I hope he recovers quickly as he is one of the best guys in F1.

TheChunk - Member
Considering this may be life threatening you might want to remove the picture.

Why? What a strange suggestion.

Some people might find a picture of someone with (potentially at this point) fatal injuries in poor taste is all, no need to get uppity about it.

Some people need to get off the internet if that sort of thing upsets them.

Planet F1 have pulled pic of massa out of "respect"

wow, looks like we went out cold straight away to me. Both pedals down hard until he hit the barrier.

Couldn't even see Barichelo in the video, how long had that spring/tube been bouncing around for

http://msn.foxsports.com/motor/story/9851202/Massa-suffers-skull-fracture-after-bad-wreck

I can't pull the picture (can only edit posts up to 10 mins after posting, if the mods feel its right please delete it) and in any event this thread is five hours old

He wasn't knocked out on impact, as he knocked the gears down to zero

Chunk - not getting uppity, just wonder on what basis, on what grounds an image goes from acceptable to unacceptable. I mean the knowledge of his possibly more severe circumstance does not make the picture any more or less pleasant to look at. I just dont get the "out of respect" rubbish (IMO).

"How it can cause a cut like that through the helmet, is a bit worrying. "

Not really, it's a testament to modern helmet design that you can survive a hit like that at all. Hopefully he'll be OK.

I can't pull the picture (can only edit posts up to 10 mins after posting, if the mods feel its right please delete it) and in any event this thread is five hours old

He wasn't knocked out on impact, as he knocked the gears down to zero

So that's not the anti-stall or the changing surface cuasing that then?

I imagine he'd not be on both pedals and completely fail to steer (but downshift through the gears) if he was conscious.

I would imaagine if he put the throttle to the floor and the brake, the throttle would win so the car would presumably bury itself into the red and then some sort of engine protection thing would kill it....?

I think he is braking - tho probably sub conciously -- but the 'stun' from the initial impact probably disabled his ability to steer...

Listening to the audio on the video I can't hear any shifts, as the brakes go on the revs slowly drop until the impact. The engine is still running afterwards so the anti stall probably kicked in at some point.

He's been induced into a coma but expected to be o.k.