Formula 1 2014: Round 15 - Japanese Grand Prix (NO FOOTAGE OF THE CRASH ALLOWED)

Ghost Train · 05-10-2014 11:51am

It is nearly always something Martin Brundle comments on, the way he hates seeing the recovery trucks on track

AMKC · 05-10-2014 11:51am

losthorizon wrote: »

I knew it wasnt Sutil from the start as there seemed to be a shot of him sitting by the side of the road with his head in his hands looking disconsolate.

Very soon after a caption with Bianchi came up and they switched to the Marussia garage. Surprised the BBC never copped on to this.

Ye me too altough I think David Coulthard had a fair idea when the medical car was called that here must have been something else going on as he had a fair idea that Adrian Sutil was not that badly injured being a former F1 driver himself and knowing how safe modern F1 cars are.

Since Sennas death there have been no deaths or major injuries in actual racing but there has been in recovery situations in testing and races and among marshals and its perfectly clear this is a situation that the FIA has to look at.

What about Felipe Massa,s crash in 2009 at Hungary that was very serious it knocked him unconcise and he ended up missing half a season over it.

While the actual racing itself is as safe (f thats the correct term) as it will ever be recovery situations are not. Indeed we had a marshal killed at the Canadian GP two years ago.

I really hope Jules is OK.

I also really hope that Jules is OK and makes a full recovery.

dloob · 05-10-2014 11:55am

Ghost Train wrote: »

It is nearly always something Martin Brundle comments on, the way he hates seeing the recovery trucks on track

He almost hit one at that very corner, instead he hit a marshal beside it who got a broken leg.

PukkaStukka · 05-10-2014 12:01pm

My initial reaction upon Sutil's crash was that it would cause an immediate safety car in the belief they wouldn't otherwise try to remove his car at such a notoriously difficult and risky location. Why didn't they do that?

I just hope Jules will be ok.

acquiescefc · 05-10-2014 12:11pm

Didn't know about bianchi, just got back to hotel myself sopping wet.

On the jcb-ers, they were trying to move a Porsche in the support race at turn 2 and making a right arse of it. Took almost two or 3 minutes to get it behind the barrier.

Hope he's ok anyway, was a great race. Heavens opened just at the start, thought they were never going to go green. Not fun being sopping wet and staring at pace car lights wishing them to go out.

Hamiltons pass was great, and the red bulls were actually race-y. Next time I go I'll bring a radio, didn't have a scooby as to what was happening at some points.

Cool_CM · 05-10-2014 12:21pm

Sky F1 aren't even showing the highlights that were supposed to be on now.

_rebelkid · 05-10-2014 12:21pm

FIA statement:

"The CT scan shows Bianchi has suffered a severe head injury and undergoing surgery. He will then be moved to intensive care"

losthorizon · 05-10-2014 12:22pm

There is going to be another statement soon.

Edit: that was the statement above.

zombieHanalei · 05-10-2014 12:23pm

Link?

Peanut Butter Jelly · 05-10-2014 12:26pm

FIA confirm Jules is being operated on following a head injury.

_rebelkid · 05-10-2014 12:26pm

zombieHanalei wrote: »

Link?

Only tweets from the Media. No public statement yet.

losthorizon · 05-10-2014 12:27pm

zombieHanalei wrote: »

Link?

Listening to the Radio

Myrddin · 05-10-2014 12:34pm

They mentioned it on Sky Sports News there, there's an operation at the mo following severe head injury, & Jules will then be moved to an ICU.

zombieHanalei · 05-10-2014 12:35pm

Not that I'm doubting you guys, but you know yourselves, sources are important at times like this!

Still doubtful that Bianchi's father spoke to the press as is widely being claimed.

_rebelkid · 05-10-2014 12:36pm

zombieHanalei wrote: »

Not that I'm doubting you guys, but you know yourselves, sources are important at times like this!

Still doubtful that Bianchi's father spoke to the press as is widely being claimed.

The Media all posted about the statement, at exactly the same time. They won't lie about the FIA at a time like this.

Peanut Butter Jelly · 05-10-2014 12:40pm

zombieHanalei wrote: »

Not that I'm doubting you guys, but you know yourselves, sources are important at times like this!

Still doubtful that Bianchi's father spoke to the press as is widely being claimed.

It was confirmed by the FIA according to Craig Slater on SSN.

_rebelkid · 05-10-2014 12:42pm

flazio · 05-10-2014 12:52pm

Is it OK to discuss the championship now?

papu · 05-10-2014 12:57pm

flazio wrote: »

Is it OK to discuss the championship now?

Too Soon.

I'm still fairly distraught over Bianchi and the implications for Marussia . The seem like a great team.

acquiescefc · 05-10-2014 1:09pm

My view on 'the pass'

Zcott · 05-10-2014 1:10pm

WTF1 are reporting that all the drivers are in the hospital with Jules.

Itssoeasy · 05-10-2014 1:20pm

The bbc are showing the race but they said there is no footage of the crash. I didn't see the race live and my wifi is gone and it's hard to post on boards. So if this has been already mentioned sorry.

frostie500 · 05-10-2014 1:24pm

Zcott wrote: »

WTF1 are reporting that all the drivers are in the hospital with Jules.

That's not the case. Adam Cooper just tweeted saying he's on the train with Vettel, Ricciardo, Gutierez and Sutil. Lots of stuff flying around online and there's a lot of twitter users/websites that use this type of incident to increase their followers/hits. Not nice but that's why we get so much conflicting reports. As far as I'm concerned the main people to follow are the likes of Adam Cooper, Ed Straw (Autosport), Will Buxton and Chris Medland (Crash.net). Those are four of the best journos all working with reputable news sites and apart from the Sky and BBC heads they're the ones that I'd trust most for news from today. They won't put anything out unless they're sure it's true

_rebelkid · 05-10-2014 1:45pm

New photo of the car has emerged. Roll hoop is completely gone. Looks like more of a side impact. Worst part is the remnants of steering wheel on the top of the bulkhead.

PukkaStukka · 05-10-2014 2:27pm

frostie500 wrote: »

That's not the case. Adam Cooper just tweeted saying he's on the train with Vettel, Ricciardo, Gutierez and Sutil. Lots of stuff flying around online and there's a lot of twitter users/websites that use this type of incident to increase their followers/hits. Not nice but that's why we get so much conflicting reports. As far as I'm concerned the main people to follow are the likes of Adam Cooper, Ed Straw (Autosport), Will Buxton and Chris Medland (Crash.net). Those are four of the best journos all working with reputable news sites and apart from the Sky and BBC heads they're the ones that I'd trust most for news from today. They won't put anything out unless they're sure it's true

Agree with this fully, and as an aside, Autosport's own website also appears to be down. The lack of credible info at the mo is adding to the concern

Zcott · 05-10-2014 2:36pm

frostie500 wrote: »

That's not the case. Adam Cooper just tweeted saying he's on the train with Vettel, Ricciardo, Gutierez and Sutil. Lots of stuff flying around online and there's a lot of twitter users/websites that use this type of incident to increase their followers/hits. Not nice but that's why we get so much conflicting reports. As far as I'm concerned the main people to follow are the likes of Adam Cooper, Ed Straw (Autosport), Will Buxton and Chris Medland (Crash.net). Those are four of the best journos all working with reputable news sites and apart from the Sky and BBC heads they're the ones that I'd trust most for news from today. They won't put anything out unless they're sure it's true

I wasn't sure if it was true or not but thanks for clarifying. Good to know there's a few journos out there concerned with the actual truth.

_rebelkid · 05-10-2014 2:40pm

Sky's Craig Slater reporting that Bianchi is out of surgery. L'Equipe reporting that he is breathing on his own. No confirmation of either as of yet.

Mint Sauce · 05-10-2014 2:46pm

Watching the BBC Highlights now. At the start of the progame they did say they would NOT have coverage of the incident. After reading that statement on how it occured i wont be searching it out, sounds horrendous. Wishing Jules all the best.

frostie500 · 05-10-2014 2:46pm

_rebelkid wrote: »

Sky's Craig Slater reporting that Bianchi is out of surgery. L'Equipe reporting that he is breathing on his own. No confirmation of either as of yet.

Just after getting a press release from Marussia and it just repeats the FIA release from earlier stating that "There is no further information at this time. When the Team is able to communicate further information, this will be distributed to all media via the Marussia F1."

That was released ten minutes ago. I'd wait for confirmation from the team because even though a paper like L'Equipe is likely to be closer to Jules than most media their tweets/reports are still translated into English from French so something could be missing.

_rebelkid · 05-10-2014 2:56pm

frostie500 wrote: »

Just after getting a press release from Marussia and it just repeats the FIA release from earlier stating that "There is no further information at this time. When the Team is able to communicate further information, this will be distributed to all media via the Marussia F1."

That was released ten minutes ago. I'd wait for confirmation from the team because even though a paper like L'Equipe is likely to be closer to Jules than most media their tweets/reports are still translated into English from French so something could be missing.

Yeah. The FIA said that any future updates would come from the hospital Jules is in. I imagine they'll do that through Marussia.

Formula 1 2014: Round 15 - Japanese Grand Prix (NO FOOTAGE OF THE CRASH ALLOWED)

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