James has a degree in Music from Lancaster University - but no doctorate. I wouldnt like to be treated in a hospital by him! , Jeremy has an honorary degree in engineering from Brunel University and Richard has ..... nothing ....ahh (a degree in having rather a large amount of crashes?)
The car would have had a rollcage, 5 point harness and a bucket seat with side impact head restraints. Looking from the photo and reading the BBC report it seems he had a small bit of contact with another car, enough to rip a corner off the suspension and make it virtually immobile but not likely to produce injuries. The original report suggested a single car 100mph impact into a wall (ie. not glancing the pitwall), which at Silverstone could only really be done round the outside of Woodcote. Had he hit the wall at 100mph the car would not have been repairable and he would almost certainly not be in a state to drive it back to the pits.
They chose to get behind the wheel of a car fully aware of the risks.
What kind of crash? A simple roll with nothing to hit and no digging in and somersaulting, then yes an FIA spec rollcage stands a fairly good chance of stopping the car being crushed, but how many times do you see a car just roll over and skid on its roof at 200mph without digging in or hitting something?
A rollcage is not indestructible, and it's likely that a 60mph T-bone or head on hit into a wall will produce large intrusion issues into the cockpit, although nothing like the complete destruction seen in road cars.
That's beside the point though you seem to have failed to have understood that both speed has nothing to do with how the energy is absorbed and that cockpit intrusion/the point when the rollcage crushes is not normally the cause of serious injuries in racing cars.
My dad was asked to drive in that race but he couldnt do the 3 hour stints! he crashed into a mosler but dont think he was doing 100mph as he was in a BMW diesel and the fact i think he was going round a corner but they still finished the race.
What happened was at around midnight, Hammond was about to be lapped by 2 cars going down Hangar Straight. They went wither side of him and he moved over to line up for the corner and hit the front of a Mosler and I assume that turned the car towards the wall. They ended up with a puncture and spent a while repairing it, but got back into the race. I think they finished 3rd in their class.
Jakg, I think he's an expert on everything, we should just listen to what he says, and treat it as the truth, and not some bullshit that some retard made up!
It seems to me that nearly every post you make is to criticise someone elses why dont you just relax and stop trying to make every thread turn into an argument!
, Jeremy has an honorary degree in engineering from Brunel University and Richard has ..... nothing ....ahh (a degree in having rather a large amount of crashes?)
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