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lukemillar
16-04-10, 05:54 AM
Unbelievable. :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cL7ppUwKVE
SuzukiNess
16-04-10, 06:01 AM
holy carp... :shaking:

senna was killed by a loose tyre hitting him on the head... buemi was lucky they didnt head back towards him..
lukemillar
16-04-10, 06:07 AM
holy carp... :shaking:

senna was killed by a loose tyre hitting him on the head... buemi was lucky they didnt head back towards him..

I thought after the Senna accident it was mandatory to have the wheels tethered, but I guess whatever they were tethered to, fell off as well!
fizzwheel
16-04-10, 07:29 AM
I thought after the Senna accident it was mandatory to have the wheels tethered, but I guess whatever they were tethered to, fell off as well!

It is, but the tethers are attatched to the front upright which broke hence the tether broke as well. ( According to the BBC Website )

That looked a nasty incident just looked like the front suspension literally exploded :smt107
RichT
16-04-10, 08:47 AM
That there is some powerful braking...

Very lucky indeed.
barwel1992
16-04-10, 09:00 AM
am i the only one that finds it amusing waching him try and stear the car after the wheels have just exploded off infront of him ?

lucky no one got hurt though
Bluefish
16-04-10, 05:17 PM
That's what you get for going to Quickfit.
Iansv II
16-04-10, 05:26 PM
Apparently they were testing a new part... which didn't work :p
simesb
16-04-10, 05:28 PM
Apparently they were testing a new part... which didn't work :p

I'm willing to bet it was a manufacturing/assembly problem rather than design
tanis34
16-04-10, 08:09 PM
wow that was lucky good job it wasent in a corner
svrich
16-04-10, 08:23 PM
Just proving that racing on two wheels is the best ;)
Seggons
16-04-10, 09:05 PM
Another video here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwjjd2Boiws
punyXpress
16-04-10, 09:45 PM
Why did BOTH front wheels go awol at the same time?
Thought suspension was independent these days. :confused:
Sean_C
16-04-10, 10:09 PM
Why did BOTH front wheels go awol at the same time?
Thought suspension was independent these days. :confused:

He was going in a straight line so I assume that whichever part failed on each side would have been equally affected by the g-forces, thus failing at the same time. About 5G when they break I think.
Mr Speirs
17-04-10, 10:49 AM
Well if it is the new part that failed and the new part was on both sides of the car, logic would dictate thats why both sides went.

Amazing video.