Formula 1 pit stop explosion

[GooeyGUI]

Yikes!

Pit Stop Explosion

 

[FrustratedUser]

Welcome to many years ago.

 

[Toastedlightly]

Dayum. Looked like he was waving them away right before she went up in flames.

 

[aphex]

what happened to the driver?

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: aphex
what happened to the driver?

He was probably ok, maybe singed a bit, and maybe some smoke inhilation, but this was a fairly small amount of mostly vaporized fuel igniting, burns really fast and hot, but it probably went out in a couple instants on its own when the spilled fuel was used up. The gear drivers wear should have kept him protected from something that was over that quickly.

I don't know for sure, though, that's just my first guess.

 

[Quasmo]

I bet that gas guy lost his job.

 

[BrownTown]

Umm I'd think it would probably be a little worse than that. I agree you could survive that given the very short time of the fire.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: BrownTown
Umm I'd think it would probably be a little worse than that. I agree you could survive that given the very short time of the fire.

He did survive. I saw the race.

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[SSP]

Last season, I think one of the BAR Honda's drove off with the fuel hose still in the car. Nothing happened though. Crazy sh!t happens when you're in a hurry.

 

[SludgeFactory]

That was Jos Verstappen driving for Benetton in 1994, the first year of refueling. After the fire their illegally modified fuel rig was discovered by the FIA. I don't remember anybody being seriously hurt but I don't think that car continued in the race.

A lot of bad things happened that year in F1 within the span of a few races.

 

[apex32]

i remember this. its quite old.

 

[Jahee]

Should have paid attention as to where he put his hose! lol

 

[TallBill]

Well they all wear fire protection suits for a reason I suppose.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: SludgeFactory
That was Jos Verstappen driving for Benetton in 1994, the first year of refueling. After the fire their illegally modified fuel rig was discovered by the FIA. I don't remember anybody being seriously hurt but I don't think that car continued in the race.

A lot of bad things happened that year in F1 within the span of a few races.

Yep, and Jos was relatively unharmed...although that is a very scary thing to happen to a driver.

That was the year Senna and Ratzenberger were killed at Imola. Rubens Barrichello almost died that same weekend in a horrible shunt that saw his car get airborne straight into some fencing along the course. That is one of the most violent crashes I've seen in a long time.

Link

 

[olds]

What's up with the video? They cut out the explosion?

 

[pyonir]

That video is older than Brutuskend

 

[Freshgeardude]

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[mAdD INDIAN]

That was Steve Matchett (the current F1 commentator on SpeedTV) at the back who got engulfed in fire. He describes the event in his book "A Mechanics Tale".