Let's Have a Funny Pic Thread! Mk XVIII

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Dogsinotpalc said:
Any of those guys still alive? Can't imagine surviving that, but I know the frames of those cars a generally far stronger than those on the cars we drive...
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They all walked away relatively unscathed aside from having shat themselves.

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Dogsinotpalc said:
Any of those guys still alive? Can't imagine surviving that, but I know the frames of those cars a generally far stronger than those on the cars we drive...
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All of the drivers walked away—safety tech in modern racing is astonishing. I cannot begin to imagine what it must be like to have your car suddenly behave like it's being catapulted from the deck of the USS John C. Stennis. :messedup:

TL,DR = The engineers inadvertently created a very efficient and effective wing with wheels, and physics is a motherfucker.

Longer version of the Mercedes issues:

Norbert Haug, head of Mercedes-Benz's motorsport activities, contacted Adrian Newey, chief aerodynamicist of the McLaren Formula One team, for consultation on modifying the remaining CLRs to prevent further accidents. The drivers were also consulted on whether they believed the cars were too dangerous to race; Bouchut felt that the front of the car could become light at high speeds and voiced his concerns to the team, but other drivers had not felt this issue with the cars. Mercedes opted to make modifications to the front bodywork of the two remaining cars by adding dive planes to the fenders for increased downforce but sacrificing overall top speed. The drivers were also instructed not to follow other cars too closely.​





 
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