Motoring Discussion > Driver survives this 2010 Indy smash. Miscellaneous
Thread Author: henry k Replies: 5
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New Mon 31 May 10 13:42 
 Driver survives this 2010 Indy smash. - henry k
The survivability in modern racing cars is plain to see.
How things have progressed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgMs1xSlESE
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New Mon 31 May 10 17:27 
 Driver survives this 2010 Indy smash. - Westpig
A bit like Alex Zanardi's shunt, only less damage done to the human.
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New Mon 31 May 10 17:35 
 Driver survives this 2010 Indy smash. - Focusless
>> A bit like Alex Zanardi's shunt, only less damage done to the human.

Wow - not for the squeamish:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wXDQcFRY9I
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New Mon 31 May 10 18:57 
 Driver survives this 2010 Indy smash. - Zero
Indy cars, like world sports car have that flat bottom. Get them up into the airflow and they will fly

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvSrCdgDeSM&feature=fvw

The ironic thing is that the last lap yellows allowed dario franchitti to win, he would have run out of fuel.
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New Mon 31 May 10 23:11 
 Driver survives this 2010 Indy smash. - Stuartli
I once had the wonderful experience of being driven around a UK airfield speed course by Dario (he was only about 21 at the time) in a Mercedes SL open top in the mid-1990s. At the time he was involved in the Mercedes team in the European equivalent of the BTTC.

It was an out of this world drive I will never, ever forget...:-)
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New Tue 1 Jun 10 07:59 
 Driver survives this 2010 Indy smash. - smokie
Zero's clip was Peter Dumbreck a few years ago at Le Mans. There were three Mercs racing, (one being driven by Mark Webber!) and that was (IIRC) the second flip, and was the one which caused the withdrawal of all three entries.
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