The Bahrain Grand Prix became one to remember, not least because of some spectacular crashes during which fortunately nobody got seriously hurt. But, in the end, it was Hamilton, who else, to win, ahead of the Red Bull duo Verstappen and Albon.
What you mean? he got driver of the day on Sky.
The fuel tank is filled with a dense open-cell foam that slows the flow of fuel out go any large rupture. They weren't dealing with an instantaneous 100kg conflagration but they did have a fuel tank rupture. Note how long the fire burned. It took nearly 20 seconds for the driver to get out and the fire burned a good while after. A litre or two would be burned out in a few seconds.
Look at the right hand side of the photo where the tub narrows in front of the cockpit and the halo's front leg. There's a hole and what looks like a split. It would have been above the driver's knees.trinidefender wrote: ↑29 Nov 2020, 21:59You're seeing the back of the tub there not the frontJust_a_fan wrote: ↑29 Nov 2020, 21:50Looking at this photo
https://cdn.the-race.com/wp-content/upl ... 4x683.jpg
It appears that the monocoque is split or cut roughly in line with the halo's front mounting point. If so,Gorsjean was even luckier than it originally seemed. He'd not have gotten out of the tub with broken legs.
not the reason why he got driver of the day.... the medial car driver should get that award indeed, I mean, Grosjean going from left to right without looking at the start.
Yes, that seems a reasonable scenario.smellybeard wrote: ↑29 Nov 2020, 21:57Look at the direction the tub is pointing and think of the direction it was traveling in. It hit and the front embedded flinging the back around 180º. It broke because of the bending loads but it might have broken where it did - rather than at the engine mounts - because of the post.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑29 Nov 2020, 21:17I wonder if the car was cut in half by one of the stanchions. Hitting it in just the right place caused the rrar of the tub to shear off.
Little Mickey (Schumacher jnr. We always called Big Michael "Mick" because of the potential for an appropriate rhyme).fritticaldi wrote: ↑29 Nov 2020, 23:41I am glad GrosJean was able to walk away from the fireball crash. Now , it is evident that the French driver wont be available for the next race weekend in Sakhir which is in five days. Who will replace him? The Haas team lists Pietro Fittipaldi (his grand father is Emerson Fittipaldi) and Louis Deletraz as its test and SIM drivers. Those seem unlikely options. Perhaps Nico Hulkenberg will be called upon?
Mick Schumacher will be involved in the F2 final race also at Sakhir where he has a 14 point lead in the Championship standings. So that makes him unavailable as well.smellybeard wrote: ↑29 Nov 2020, 23:47Little Mickey (Schumacher jnr. We always called Big Michael "Mick" because of the potential for an appropriate rhyme).fritticaldi wrote: ↑29 Nov 2020, 23:41I am glad GrosJean was able to walk away from the fireball crash. Now , it is evident that the French driver wont be available for the next race weekend in Sakhir which is in five days. Who will replace him? The Haas team lists Pietro Fittipaldi (his grand father is Emerson Fittipaldi) and Louis Deletraz as its test and SIM drivers. Those seem unlikely options. Perhaps Nico Hulkenberg will be called upon?
I can't help looking at the picture thinking a slightly different angle and his exit may have been blocked by the barrier.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑29 Nov 2020, 21:50Looking at this photo
https://cdn.the-race.com/wp-content/upl ... 4x683.jpg
It appears that the monocoque is split or cut roughly in line with the halo's front mounting point. If so,Gorsjean was even luckier than it originally seemed. He'd not have gotten out of the tub with broken legs.
