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Robert Kubica's Catastrophic Canadian Crash...

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these are pics i was sent by a source in canada and they really do tell a very graphic story about Kubicas crash..

what is most amazing about these shots is that he managed to survive it because the car literally exploded into thousands of pieces upon impact with him strapped into it just like a bomb strapped to a suicidal maniacs chest...

if you look closely you will see his feet perilously close to getting severed as they were literally visible in the photo and coming out of the monocoque.

how he came away with only a sprained ankle is literally a miracle...

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m3gtr Grand Master

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i dont see his legs anywhere near coming out of the monocoque

i didnt say legs. i said feet. You can see them poking out amongst all the twisted metal and carbon fiber.

m3gtr Grand Master

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in the second image if you look carefully you can see the Scott Speeds torro rosso in the background with him in a red top watching this accident happen right before his eyes..the BMW missed the red bull car by inches...

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i didnt say legs. i said feet. You can see them poking out amongst all the twisted metal and carbon fiber.

sorry i mis-read that as his legs coming out of the monocoque...

but gosh you're right - the last 2 pics have them right there dangling in full view!!!

nice pics!

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If F1 cars didn't have so much downforce maybe his car would have just flown straight over the infield barrier instead of hitting it...

Maybe, I dont really think it's too likely though, he got airborne a fair way before the barier. Would've been horrible if he did clear the barier though...

But you can see the rear's aero effects after he hits the service road or what ever it was the car pops up, but then a moment later, the rear is slammed back into the ground while the front stays up.

Not really relevent but I thought it was interesting at how well the rear wing worked. :)

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m3gtr Grand Master

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If F1 cars didn't have so much downforce maybe his car would have just flown straight over the infield barrier instead of hitting it...

oh like that would have been any better for him...

instead of plowing into a wall head on at 300kph, he would have plowed into another oncoming car at 280..

makes sense to me! :D

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One of the scariest parts for me is......look where his tyres are!

Seems like there is more work to do to secure the wheels to the body, There are 4 10kg missiles moving at 150mph there, could have hit a marshal, another driver or spectators.

On a lighter note though.....in the second pic, it actually looks like he is waving to Speed haha

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One of the scariest parts for me is......look where his tyres are!

Seems like there is more work to do to secure the wheels to the body, There are 4 10kg missiles moving at 150mph there, could have hit a marshal, another driver or spectators.

On a lighter note though.....in the second pic, it actually looks like he is waving to Speed haha

Im of the same opinion Scotty with the wheels, only have to look back a few years ago with CHAMP car and the changes implemented after spectators dying from wheels going into the crowd from a crash!!!

Its amazing when a crash like this happens to show the strength of the cars to take the impact at those forces, id love to be part of R&D for an F1 team :thumbsup:

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