Boom. Another win for Hamilton in the mildly moist.
Jules Bianchi is having surgery on a severe head injury sustained after he crashed into a vehicle recovering Adrian Sutil's car during Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix.The race was ended after the incident involving the Marussia driver, who failed to respond when his team radioed to ask if he was OK.He was unconscious as he was driven to the Mie University Hospital, 10 miles away, with a police escort. The 25-year-old is now in surgery for the injuries and will be taken to intensive care afterwards, an FIA spokesman confirmed. Officials red-flagged the Japanese Grand Prix on lap 47, meaning championship leader Lewis Hamilton claimed his third win in succession and eighth of the season.
I thought that they at least went to a yellow flag if removal equipment needed to access the circuit. Why was the race still going on with the removal vehicle in the run off area?
Quote from: UK Redsox on October 05, 2014, 10:22:30 AMI thought that they at least went to a yellow flag if removal equipment needed to access the circuit. Why was the race still going on with the removal vehicle in the run off area?If you watch videos of the incident you can clearly see a marshall in the tower waving a green flag indicating all clear moments before the accident. That needs investigating, coming around that corner and seeing a waved green means drivers are going to be back on the gas. Hope he's OK, sounds like a very serious head injury.
Quote from: Jon Crofts on October 05, 2014, 04:02:50 PMQuote from: UK Redsox on October 05, 2014, 10:22:30 AMI thought that they at least went to a yellow flag if removal equipment needed to access the circuit. Why was the race still going on with the removal vehicle in the run off area?If you watch videos of the incident you can clearly see a marshall in the tower waving a green flag indicating all clear moments before the accident. That needs investigating, coming around that corner and seeing a waved green means drivers are going to be back on the gas. Hope he's OK, sounds like a very serious head injury.Where have you seen footage of Bianchi's crash. I've only seen Sutil spinning off, where you can see the green flag.
There's now video of the crashhttp://youtu.be/v62763_d2HE
I'm guessing that footage filmed by fans is classed as F1 property if inside the arena. Shame.
Quote from: Somniloquism on October 07, 2014, 09:51:02 AMI'm guessing that footage filmed by fans is classed as F1 property if inside the arena. Shame.I can understand that if it was general race footage but this is now a news story.Blocking the video on 'rights' grounds seems very petty by F1