Macau 2018

[Everso Biggyballies]

Bottom post of the previous page:

Thanks for the update. Hopefully no serious injuries.

[Everso Biggyballies]

I have to say that despite Ticktum having done and said some silly things in the past, but as they say he did the crime, paid the time, and has shown great potential this weekend. He has gone up in my estimation.

Kudos to Joel Ericsson.

[erwin greven]

Back to Vallelunga.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Lol.... there seems to be confusion over who gets what garland and trophy in terms of team and engine. Everyone gets a prize as the commentator said.

[DoubleFart]

Re grandstand video: dust settles, photographer leans out of the damaged building and starts snapping, not knowing of Sophia's condition. Not sure how I feel about this.

[erwin greven]

that is his job...

[erwin greven]

[Ian-S]

There is a different angle at the end of this, I don't think I've ever seen anything like that, maybe once at Donington many years ago when a guy ended up in the pub carpark at Redgate, but holy hell, go buy a lottery ticket all involved...

https://youtu.be/puajwrOiHMo

I wonder where the car would have ended up if it hadn't been stopped by the photographer stand?

Re grandstand video: dust settles, photographer leans out of the damaged building and starts snapping, not knowing of Sophia's condition. Not sure how I feel about this.

Yup that's his job I'm afraid, this is different than coming across an accident on the road, and believe it or not investigators really like people taking photos and video as if the worst happens (even in road accidents), as it gives them an accurate representation of what happened, far better than eye witness reports which are notoriously unreliable.

[MonteCristo]

Re grandstand video: dust settles, photographer leans out of the damaged building and starts snapping, not knowing of Sophia's condition. Not sure how I feel about this.

What is he meant to do? Get in the way of people who's job is to help people, clear scenes?

Unless he's also a doctor, fair play to him - I hope he got some good shots, because it's an amazing incident. 2018 crash of the season.

[theracer120]

https://www.autosport.com/f3/news/14016 ... acau-crash

Full information on the various injuries here (and on how the accident actually started). Florsch reported on twitter that's she OK and will be going into surgery tommorow, so I'd imagine the spinal fracture isn't anything permanent.

[erwin greven]

Formula 3 racer Sophia Florsch has sustained a spinal fracture as a result of her horrific accident in the Macau Grand Prix.

A medical report issued by the Macau organisers states that the 17-year-old German was complaining of back pain, but that her vital signs are stable.

Florsch hit the back of 15th-placed Jehan Daruvala on the flat-out run to Lisboa, and sustained damage to her Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara-Mercedes in the impact.

She hurtled out of control, and got launched over the inside kerb at Lisboa into the TOM'S Dallara-Toyota of Sho Tsuboi.

The impact fired her over the barrier and through the catch fencing into an area occupied by marshals and photographers.

The speed-trap figure before the Lisboa braking area shows that she was at 276.2km/h (171.6mph).

Tsuboi's diagnosis from hospital is 'lumbar pain for future examination'.

One marshal, Chan Cha In, suffered a laceration of the face, abrasion of his upper abdomen wall and a fractured jaw.

Photographer Chan Weng Wang was diagnosed with a liver laceration and is being observed in hospital, and fellow photographer Hiroyuki Minami suffered concussion and will also be observed.

Ferrari junior Guan Yu Zhou, who was following Florsch at the time of the accident, explained that it was due to yellow caution lights flashing on the straight.

The incident happened just after a restart following an early safety car.

"First of all it was such a scary moment," said the Prema Powerteam driver, who was making his way through the pack after a crash in the qualification race and an engine change relegated him to 28th and last on the grid.

"Coming after Mandarin [the preceding right-hand kink], I saw the yellow, but I think it was just a mistake by the organisers' station.

"Sophia was really close to Jehan, so when Jehan braked early she had no time to react.

"She hit Jehan's right-rear, and that spun her around straight into Lisboa, and she flew into the other car.

"I just hope she's OK."

Florsch's team boss Frits van Amersfoort told Autosport that she had been accompanied to hospital by her father Alexander.

"We have to thank the angels she had with her today, and for the fantastic strength of the Dallara car," said van Amersfoort.

https://www.autosport.com/f3/news/14016 ... acau-crash

[kals]

That crash is one of the most shocking I’ve seen in a very long time. Glad we’re talking about relative minor injuries.

[DoubleFart]

What relationship does she have with Mercedes F1?

[Everso Biggyballies]

What relationship does she have with Mercedes F1?

None that I am aware of. What makes you say there is or have I missed something in one of the articles posted I skipped through.

She does have a Mercedes connection, however, in as much as the team she races for, Van Amersfoort Racing, use Mercedes F3 engines in their Dallara. ie She was running a Mercedes engine this weekend.

[DoubleFart]

What relationship does she have with Mercedes F1?

None that I am aware of. What makes you say there is or have I missed something in one of the articles posted I skipped through.

She does have a Mercedes connection, however, in as much as the team she races for, Van Amersfoort Racing, use Mercedes F3 engines in their Dallara. ie She was running a Mercedes engine this weekend.

She posted that Mercedes AMG F1 were looking after her. Just wondered if she has a connection that I'm not aware of.

[erwin greven]

another picture where the marshals attend Flörsch.
https://www.europapress.es/deportes/not ... 71521.html