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  1. 19th November 2018, 09:29 AM #1
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    Yikes!

    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)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Homestar View Post
    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)
    Very lucky. Seemed she was airborne a long way from the corner!
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    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..............
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumbles View Post
    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
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  5. 19th November 2018, 12:04 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumbles View Post
    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.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by travelrover View Post
    Oh dear.... I would guess a stuck throttle

    either that or wheel to wheel contact and launched

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    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.
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    Yeah, I don't think the brakes work so well when the cars 6' in the air.
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    No air brakes on the rear wing?
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    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
    Sophia Floersch injured in horrific crash at F3 Grand Prix in Macau | Watch News Videos Online
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