[bartez1000]

Hi, i've decided to make a small research project about damaged/destroyed carbon fibre monocoques. I've arleady managed to produce quite big list http://forums.autosport.com/topic/18...bre-monocoque/ Maybe someone here has more info or some photos and would be able to contribute?

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Originally Posted by bartez1000 ↗

Hi, i've decided to make a small research project about damaged/destroyed carbon fibre monocoques. I've arleady managed to produce quite big list http://forums.autosport.com/topic/18...bre-monocoque/ Maybe someone here has more info or some photos and would be able to contribute?

So many in this thread...

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Eddie Irvine's battered Ferrari and a number of other cars after the massive multi-car pile up at the Belgium GP 1998.

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Originally Posted by windowlicker ↗

Willy Mairesse crashes out at the German GP 1963. He is thrown from the car suffering fractures to his arms and legs, the Ferrari continuing, hitting a member of the Red Cross sadly killing them instantly.

Original post from page 55.

Fantastic photos in an article from 1963, showing Willy thrown from his Ferrari. A very lucky escape for him but sadly the car hit and killed an onlooker.

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'Wild' Willy Mairesse, the pint sized Belgian Ferrari driver.

He had the reputation of being accident prone but he was also a successful driver, racing eveything he could get hold of, as was the way in the 1950's and '60's.

He took part in twelve F1 races scoring seven points, finishing an excellent third in only his third GP start, at Monza 1960 in a Ferrari and fourth in 1962. He won two Tour de France races, was runner-up at Le Mans 1961, third in the 1965 race, won the Targa Florio twice, also the Spa 500 km in 1965 and F1 non-championship races at Brussels and Naples in 1962. Enzo Ferrari's musical chairs approach to driver choice never seemed to get the best out of Willy and may have been a reason for the 'over driving' at times. The huge crash in the last post, at the German GP '63 was his last race race for the works Ferrari team but he had wins in sportcar racing with Nationale Belge and Filipinetti teams.

Willy's luck finally ran out at the 1968 Le Mans 24 hours when the door to his yellow Ford GT40 that had not been closed properly after the old style 'running start', flew open causing a very violent crash. This left Mairesse with serious head injuries and unconcious for two weeks. He did not make a full recovery and with his first love of racing over, he commited suicide with an overdose of sleeping pills in a Ostend hotel room.

A very sad end to a driver that loved nothing more than racing on the edge.

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The Moser/Casoni Iso Grifo A3C Chevrolet entered by the Bizzarini Automobili team in the Sebring 12 hour race 1965.

The car had boiled its brake fluid and left the track on lap 16 hitting barriers, fences and then a VW van loaded with race fans. Luckily no one was badly injured.

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Brian Henton crashes his Toleman TG181 Hart during qualifying for the 1981 British GP at Silverstone.

Brian had won the 1980 European Formula Two Championship in a Toleman before following the team into F1 but only made it into one race. He took part in 19 races from 37 attempts with a best result of 7th. He had made his F1 debut in 1975 with Lotus.

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Originally Posted by windowlicker ↗

Mauro Baldi in an Arrows and Jochen Mass in a March touch during the French GP 1982 and fly off of the curcuit. Both were lucky to walk away, but Mass decided to retire from F1 after this and concentrate fully on Sportcar racing, winning Le Mans in 1989.

Original post from page 62.

All of the photos from the original post and a new one (the first image) I hadn't seen before. Just shows the extent of the damage to the March and how lucky Mass was not to be seriously injured or worse...

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Jo Bonniers fatal crash at Le Mans 1972.

Jo crashed between Mulsanne Corner and Indianapolis when his Lola-Cosworth T280 collided with a Ferrari Daytona driven by a Swiss amateur Florian Vetsch. Jo's little Lola flew over the guardrail and into the trees, the huge impact killing him instantly.
Vic Elford later said the last thing he had seen of Bonnier's car was it, "spinning into the trees like a helicopter".

Bonnier was a very experienced racer and a supporter of increasing safety in motorsport. He won one race in 104 starts, scoring 39 points. He finished second at Le Mans in 1964 and won various sportcar races.

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Originally Posted by windowlicker ↗

First corner of the British GP 1976 at the magificent Brands Hatch track and Clay Regazzoni touches wheels with his Ferrari team-mate Niki Lauda causing mayhem. James Hunt would win the re-start before disqualification and the win being handed to Lauda.

Original post from page 194.

New photos...