last night they showed a race in f1 were like 2 ppl died and there was like 2 other serious accidents in one weekend.

they have come along way since then

 

People used to die all the time in racing. Especially before fuel cells were invented.

 

That was the 94 San Marino Grand Prix.

Yesterday was the 10th anniversary of Ayrton Senna's fatal crash.

For those of you that don't know, Senna is regarded as probably the best F1 driver of all time by many people even current F1 drivers.

 

any links to a vid?

 

what happend is there was a crash of the start, so instead of red flagging the race and letting them heat there tires , they put it under caution so there tires were cold. he was going full out in the lead and tires didnt grip and when straight in to wall, his tire came up and hit him threw visor and killed him.

the suspension was made of steel back then and not tethered down

 

I thought there was some theory about his steering column killing him or something? I haven't kept up with F1 as of late (ever since schumi finally won back to back titles w/ Scuderia, which wasn't TOO long ago), and I'm missing it

Matt

 

My understanding was that the tires were cold and hence a little underinflated. When he went into the corner, his chassis bottomed out taking the weight off the tires, causing them to lose traction. I think they disproved the theory about the steering column breaking, but it was a while ago when I read all about it.

For those interested, here is the video of the crash:
http://www.cineca.it/HPSystems/Vis.I...ovies/out5.mpg