Dan Wheldon's Indy Car Friends On Tragic Loss; Crash Video Shows 15-Car Pileup

[Quixtar77]

[Watchman]

This this thread supposed blank? cos i dont see anything here?

[Quixtar77]

@Watchman - Are you using your phone trying to access the topic? I have pasted youtube link and can view youtube thumbnail. Tks

[Watchman]

Ohh I use chrome.. I dont see anything (even on this 2nd time load)

[MADZ]

Ohh I use chrome.. I dont see anything (even on this 2nd time load)

I use chrome & IE both and I can view this youtube video clip on both browsers without any prob..

[The Stig]

Ohh I use chrome.. I dont see anything (even on this 2nd time load)

Install adobe flash machan, BTW can you view videos on youtube ?

[Pericles]

Ohh I use chrome.. I dont see anything (even on this 2nd time load)

I can see this one, but this issue comes up from time to time for me too. Generally when there is a bandwidth squeeze. Try refreshing the page.

If that doesn't work, it might be your permission settings, or proxy rules or summin.

[Watchman]

<<facepalm myself>>

OK now i see it. Same computer, same network connection, just a different time.

[Sylvi]

From the web.

IndyCar disaster puts safety focus on motorsport

19 October 2011 | By Stuart Nathan

The tragic death of IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon in a race in Las Vegas is certain to put pressure on

all motorsport to tighten up safety, and with a large proportion of all racing car technology based in

the UK, this means that the onus is likely to fall on British engineers. Many industry observers believe

that the failures which led to Wheldon’s death are connected with the format of IndyCar racing itself

and the layout of the oval circuits on which some of the races are run, rather than the technology of

the car. However, the design of the cars is also likely to come under scrutiny, and the regulators of

Formula 1 are as keen as those of the IndyCar series to ensure that drivers remain safe.

Wheldon died in a 15-car pile-up which began when several cars collided, sending them airborne and

into the catch-fences and the outside wall which runs alongside the track in IndyCar oval races. The

race had started with 34 cars, and this, according to former F1 driver and current BBC commentator

Martin Brundle, was a huge factor in the crash. ‘The difference [between IndyCar and F1] is that you

are running four cars wide, only inches apart at speeds of 225mph,’ he told the BBC.

Another F1 legend and a former IndyCar champion himself Nigel Mansell, added that the walled track

was the other factor. ‘In Indy racing, there is simply nowhere to go. When an accident happens you

are into the wall in a split second. This is why F1 does an exemplary job. The tarmac runs off so the

driver has time to decelerate the car.’

The format of the race is a big part of IndyCar’s draw: people have been attracted to watching

dangerous sports for millennia, after all. One option being considered for IndyCar is a closed, jet

fighter-like cockpit, to add an extra layer of protection for the driver’s head.

This is also under consideration for F1, and has been since Felippe Massa was seriously injured by

being hit on the head by a spring which had worked loose from the car in front during practice for the

2009 Hungarian Grand Prix. The FIA, F1’s governing body, has been looking at the issue for the past

two years, and has presented recommendations on cockpit canopies and visor design to the F1

Technology Working Group and the Grand Prix Driver’s Association.

F1 is likely to resist such a change: open-wheel, open-cockpit racing is part of its brand and a big

part of its attraction. But the risk to driver’s heads continues to be a concern, and there’s no doubt

that drivers are protected further by closed cockpits; a serious crash at this year’s Le Mans

endurance race, where cars enclose the drivers completely, caused no injuries to the drivers

involved.

It’s certain that changes are coming in IndyCar, whether to the track layout or the cars, and F1

cannot and will not ignore changes that could improve driver safety. The difficulty is going to be

whether they can change without damaging the daredevil aspect of motorsport — something which

can’t be denied — or the ability of the drivers to race

Sylvi Wijesinghe.

[Chooti Putha]

Install adobe flash machan, BTW can you view videos on youtube ?

I have the same problem sometimes...only when someone quotes the video or image it shows...Also having trouble with youtube....is it becoz of google chrome??

[The Stig]

I have the same problem sometimes...only when someone quotes the video or image it shows...Also having trouble with youtube....is it becoz of google chrome??

Im using firefox 7 and everything is fine for me, must be some glitch with chrome. Whats the version you are using ? It looks like the issue is very common with chrome (http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/04/15/chromes-flash-problems-solved-again/)Try installing a newer version, also try doing this [http://www.thewwwblog.com/install-flash-player-google-chrome-browser.html]

[JadeyBlitzen]

Guys! A great racing driver is dead and all I see here is a bunch of people talking about which browser is best. never had a bigger facepalm moment in my 3 years in autolanka