[The Dark]

Might be useful video coming from a British F4 race today, in-car as driver Billy Monger encounters a slow moving car in his path, seems like he's got leg injuries and he's very, very lucky it's only that.

Camera kept working too.

[Barton Farley]

Originally Posted by The Dark ↗

Might be useful video coming from a British F4 race today, in-car as driver Billy Monger encounters a slow moving car in his path, seems like he's got leg injuries and he's very, very lucky it's only that.
Camera kept working too.

Horrible shunt, he didn't have a chance to see the stationary car.....reminded me of the Memo Gidley shunt at the Rolex 24 a few years back.

[Barton Farley]

Having recently watched the movie "Gonchi" on Netflix recently, there is little doubt that Gonzalo Rodriguez' throttle stuck open causing the fatal accident at Laguna Seca in 1999. In the film, GR was having a difficult time coming to terms with the Penske chassis during the preceding race at Detroit. In Friday practice at Laguna, GR had the throttle stick on him and fortunately spun harmlessly. That night he confided that he had fear of racing the car and the same thing happening again. GR had worked his way up to 5th in the Saturday qualifying session until his fear was realized. It was mentioned in the film that he had continued to gain speed after he hit the brakes entering the Corkscrew. It would take a brave person to direct accusations at Team Penske.

[Barton Farley]

British Formula 4 driver Billy Monger is in an induced coma after the Donington Park crash that led to the amputation of his lower legs.
The 17-year-old suffered the horrific injury last Sunday in a high-speed accident in the final F4 race of the weekend, and it took almost two hours to extricate him from the car.
Monger was airlifted to Queen's Medical Centre and placed in an induced coma while undergoing surgery.
A statement from the series said Monger's condition was "critical but stable" and that his vital signs "are showing progress".
He is expected to be woken up in the next few days.

[The Dark]

Thanks BF,

Want to shout out to the motorsport community who've responded incredibly to the just-giving site set up for him. I've seen tweets from all levels of motorsport expressing support and donations from people such as Jenson Button & Chip Ganassi.

I know we're a good bunch inhabiting this thread and while I knew video was out there I felt uncomfortable posting it until full conditions were known, if anyone has followed social media they'll know there were rumors but a stoic and unnerving silence till today. Never a good sign.

Hopefully the situation can be more like Alex Zanardi in the future with opportunity to still race if he can.

[Barton Farley]

A very tragic situation for young Mr Monger and hopeful he will be ok in the long run. I'd like to know why Patrik Pasma was not able to pull off the track before his car stopped. Hopefully a thorough investigation by the officials will result in this type of accident not occurring again. All the best to Billy and his family.

[Hugo L.]

Mayb he had just spun and was about to restart? Tragic...

[The Dark]

Originally Posted by Hugo L. ↗

Mayb he had just spun and was about to restart? Tragic...

Apparently that's exactly what occurred, he spun & came back onto the track directly on the racing line, if anyone has seen the spectacular crash last year in Euro F3 (I think) at the A1-Ring, it's very similar only this was a much more direct impact driving the gearbox through the front of the chassis and probably shattering his legs into too many pieces to repair, though clearly they made every effort, they wouldn't have taken 90 mins to extract him if they had been severed (he'd clearly have died through blood loss).

You know it must have been hideously bad because Ronnie Peterson had 40+ breaks in his legs after Monza 78 (and he died from the resulting embolism) and Pironi had 30+ too. Don't know how bad Rick Mears was after Sanair 84, but I know from Olvey's book they did some very radical laceration surgery to reduce the swellings and have at least a chance to save his feet. None of them had to endure amputation and with today's medical advances.....

Over 600k now, incredible.

[Buford61]

Nelson Piquet reportedly didn't have a bone piece longer than one inch in his legs all they way to the pelvis and Dr Terry Trammel got him walking again. I am surprised if it was that bad this kid's legs couldn't have been saved too. I guess they didn't have Dr Trammel.

[Buford61]

Piquet Indy.