sebbbl wrote:- suddenly there was a thump in the distance; a loud and eery noice and then dead silence
- everybody knew that sound
- the mechanics rushed to the available car (one Horch and one Wanderer) and drove towards the accident
- they saw the torn up hay bail of the chicane
- no race car in sight
- some 50m further there were black skids (signs of breaking) on the road
- the car went through a hedge on the left side of the circuit
- it hit againt some roots which hurled the car into the air
- upside down the car hit a 50cm concrete wall next to the track
- they saw the skullcap, scalp and the brain on that wall (!)
- the car ejected the driver and finally came to rest 10m in the forest, 200m from the chicane
- Heydel was badly injured: torn up shoulder and with a "half head"
- the wreck burned, black smoke went through the air
- everybody was numb, some mechanics cried
- there was a lying in repose in a mortuary in Monza
- the body was made up ("the empty head was filled")
- his parent flew from Leipzig to Milan
- Tazio Nuvolari lay down a wreath
They really don't spare on the details, do they?
Perhaps Jesper can use the description to update the MM.org entry (sparing the gory details though)
Nothing is sacred anymore.. today a was a sunny spring day and I made a walk through Leipzig. Coming past the southern cemetery I thought to have a look at the grave of Rudolf Heydel. But somebody has stolen the memorial plate... no words!
