It was scheduled to appear next week and the title is "La vida es un regalo" ("Life is a gift").Tomba wrote:Maria's biography will appear soon btw.
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Marussia F1 test pilot Maria de Villota was found dead in a hotel room a short time ago. De Villota was involved in a heavy crash last year during which she lost her eye, but nevertheless recovered well.
It was scheduled to appear next week and the title is "La vida es un regalo" ("Life is a gift").Tomba wrote:Maria's biography will appear soon btw.
Sounds a bit odd. An interesting age to die at as well considering the symbolic nature of 33."Maria left us while she was sleeping, approximately at 6am, as a consequence of the neurological injuries that she suffered in July of 2012, according to what the forensic doctor has told us," Autosport reports the family as having said in a statement.
a possibility, the fact however that she tested various cars makes me feel she was not unfit for the task.stefan_ wrote:I am sorry to say this, but we might have to take into consideration the fact that Maria was well unprepared, panicked and didn't know how to react and what to do when the automatic systems of the car kicked in.
First, that lorry with its tail-lift positioned at eye level shouldn´t be therethe Spaniard's car collided with a support lorry, which had its tail-lift positioned at eye-level, when she was stopping
The report said it was a standard lorry, which had an "unusual" and "larger" tail-lift than on a normal race trailer.
De Villota pressed a button to unlock the clutch and disengage the gears before the crash, but nothing happened. A gear change from second to first was also rejected by the engine idle control, the documents added.
So he perfectly knew what to do, but the system didn´t allow her any gear change or clutch operationShe had previously told engineers she could not operate the clutch when the steering wheel was at full-lock, which it was at the time of the crash.
The tail-lift had been left in a position which "not only created the risk of injury, but was also protruding outwards at the level of the DP's [deceased person's] eye"
I guess the tail-lift was aligned with her eyes, so it was difficult to see from his povWhen questioned afterwards, De Villota said she thought she would miss the lorry and did not see the tail-lift.
Experience was not the issue, she might make some mistake, as many rookie drivers have done (Lewis engaged neutral in Brazil by mistake, not very different).The report said De Villota had many years' experience as a racing driver and had driven F1 cars for Lotus Renault at circuits in France and Spain
perhaps a good thing to ban from now on, or with the new regulations comping up. would be massively better as it would show more of driver capacity to keep the car running like the giants of the old days.countersteer wrote:I'm watching a program on NBCSN about Max Verstappen. They are talking to him about his infamous crash into the barrier in Rotterdam in 2014 during a demo run.
"Yea, I was pushing forward really and I was trying to stop the car and but then, you know, the anti-stall kicks in and then pushes you forward again. You know it was too late to take the clutch, I was trying to take it but just couldn't get it on time. And, I hit the barrier..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=293uG4Nr3KQ
You're right. Additionally, the main reason of the anti-stall introduction is not the problem right now. In old days if you stalled the engine your race was finished. Now it should be allowed to just use the ERS to start the engine in case of the stall.Manoah2u wrote:perhaps a good thing to ban from now on, or with the new regulations comping up. would be massively better as it would show more of driver capacity to keep the car running like the giants of the old days.
no need for a manual stick, but anti-stall not only is factually a driver-aid but arguably dangerous, too.
to be honest, i don't agree there. Indy and F1 simply approach racing differently, and thus the drivers too.countersteer wrote:Indycar went to standing starts at a few tracks over the last couple of years and stopped after some severe incidents. Indycars don't have anti-stall and, if a driver got it wrong and stalled the car, he/she was a sitting duck. I recall similar accidents happened in F1 in the past. If we eliminate anti-stall, all together, would we not introduce a safety hazard that its presence has mitigated? I agree about using ERS as a starter motor. It only makes sense.
Pironi was mindful of not getting away too quickly as the cars lined to take the start.
But once again his clutch began to creep. This time the revs dropped too low and the engine died – just as the lights were changing.
Arnoux sprinted off into the lead while Prost dodged around the Ferrari. Watson did likewise, Mansell only just spotting the move in time to take evasive action.
Paletti started on the same side of the grid as Pironi, back on the 12th row. Car after car in front of him dodged left to avoid the stationary Ferrari.
The last of them was Boesel, and he was travelling so quickly he clipped Pironi’s left-rear wheel, breaking the suspension on his March. “When I saw Pironi in my front there was no time to change direction,” he said.
By the time Paletti was upon the Ferrari he had reached 10,500rpm in third gear and was doing up to 120mph. The Osella struck the car with such force it launched Pironi down the track, striking Lees’ Theodore.