Yikes!

[Homestar]

Nasty smash - amazing she survived, that could have ended very differently. I bet the commentators in the box the car hit got a surprise...

Sophia Floersch suffers spinal fracture in frightening F3 crash at Macau GP - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-19/f3-driver-sophia-floersch-injured-in-horrific-crash/10509184)

[travelrover]

Nasty smash - amazing she survived. I bet the commentators in the box the car hit got a surprise...

Sophia Floersch suffers spinal fracture in frightening F3 crash at Macau GP - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-19/f3-driver-sophia-floersch-injured-in-horrific-crash/10509184)

Very lucky. Seemed she was airborne a long way from the corner!

[Grumbles]

The crash was aired this morning on TV and the female talking head on the TV chat show immediate reaction was three fold :-
- should she have been driving at 17
- is that even legal
- seems too young to be driving

Sigh..............

[travelrover]

The crash was aired this morning on TV and the female talking head on the TV chat show immediate reaction was three fold :-
- should she have been driving at 17
- is that even legal
- seems too young to be driving

Sigh..............

Oh dear.... I would guess a stuck throttle

[rick130]

The crash was aired this morning on TV and the female talking head on the TV chat show immediate reaction was three fold :-
- should she have been driving at 17
- is that even legal
- seems too young to be driving

Sigh..............FFS.....

[DeanoH]

Oh dear.... I would guess a stuck throttle


either that or wheel to wheel contact and launched

Deano :)

[67hardtop]

Yeah looked like there was no attempt to brake at all. Maybe brake failure? Certainly flew a long way. Lucky to be alive i think. Ppl on the ground lucky too. Only minor injuries reported.

[Homestar]

Yeah, I don't think the brakes work so well when the cars 6' in the air. [biggrin]

[travelrover]

No air brakes on the rear wing?

[SBD4]

From what I can make out, she was heading in reverse when she came into shot so, zero chance of brakes working under those conditions. I think the slight rise of the candy cane got her airbourne with the other car helping her the rest of the way up. If she hadn't got that initial lift I think both cars would have been a crumpled mess at the base of the wall in front where she came to rest. Quite lucky I think.

These show a few more different angles:
F3 crash: German teenager Sophia Floersch fractures her spine in horrifying crash (https://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorsport/german-teenager-fractures-her-spine-in-horrifying-f3-crash-20181119-p50gup.html)
Sophia Floersch injured in horrific crash at F3 Grand Prix in Macau | Watch News Videos Online (https://globalnews.ca/video/4674962/sophia-floersch-injured-in-horrific-crash-at-f3-grand-prix-in-macau)

[V8Ian]

Women drivers! :o

TiC, before I get :firedevil:

[SBD4]

From 50 different angles...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao6dpxmJ4Ag

If it had happened in Europe the would've been coverage of every aspect of the race... we would have seen how she lost control. 270kph! Says a lot for the survivor cells.

[Eevo]

she was hit by another car, resulting in damage to her front wheels, resulting in no steering or brakes.