[AlvinKarpis]

Bruce Jacobi

1987 Daytona Beach

Fatal

[windowlicker]

Originally Posted by windowlicker ↗

Some photo's of the wreck of Jochen Rindt's Lotus 72 at Monza during practice for the Italian GP 1970. The 1970 posthumous World Champion crashed into the guardrail after 'something broke' and the front of the car went under the guardrail, ripping off the front section and as Jochen did not wear his crutch-belt he was dragged down into the car and incured fatal injuries.

In 1972 the 'Grand Prix Accident Survey1966-72' was published and contained a lengthy report on Jochen's accident.

'The car hit the barrier on the left hand side of the track at an angle of about 20 degrees, and the barrier broke at a joint. These are the butt type, the section's of the barrier do not overlap.
The car carried on, hitting the next upright, which was bent backwards and prised upwards by the nose of the car, which then dug underneath the rail, while the rear of the car started to pivot outwards, i.e. to the right. The right front wheel hooked on to the barrier's upright, but the momentum of the rear of the car carried it on spinning. The entire front assembly, comprising the box fabrication carrying the front suspension, the brake discs, and driveshafts, steering, pedals, and the front bulkhead, was wrenched from the front part of the monocoque.'

'Thus far the driver was probably relatively safe, retained in the car by the cockpit sides, which were still intact, and the seat harness. But with no front of the car there was insufficient restraint on him from being thrown forwards and downwards, still within his harness when the momentum of the heavy engine and gearbox end of the car spun it round again. This was the movement that inflicted some of the worst chest, throat and body injuries. The buckle of the harness caught him under the chin, preventing him from being fully ejected by centrifugal force in the spin. It is likely that some of these injuries would have been prevented had Rindt worn crurch straps as well as the four-point fixed belts. Had the crutch been fixed, the terrible leg injuries Rindt suffered might also have been avoided, although it is not clear at what stage of the accident they occured.'

'The right front wheel was wedged under the barrier at the second impact point, i.e. where the front of the car broke off. The front sub-frame was also here, although largely disintegrated. The left front wheel was the one Denny Hulme (who was following close behind Jochen), saw coming out of the dust and it was picked up on the other side of the road.'

Original post from page 137.

A few post crash photos with Jochen in his wrecked Lotus 72 and a magazine article from the time...

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This poignant set of photos were taken just prior to Jochen's fatal crash at Monza 1970. The first one was taken seconds before the Lotus 72 plunged of of the track into the barrier which ripped the front of the car away. The second shows Jochen about to pass Denny Hulme's McLaren, it was moments after this that Rindt crashed and Denny just managed to miss an errant wheel. The other photos are just before Jochen set off on his very last practice session...

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This is 'Big Al IV' the most powerful piston engined car in history, four World War Two Allison V12 aircraft engines with an output of 12,000 hp, still a record.

It was built by Jim Lytle has 10,000lb ft of torque, four wheel drive and dual six disc clutches.

Sadly this beast never did make a run down the dragstrip, it would have been awesome...

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Originally Posted by windowlicker ↗

The aftermath of Elio de Angelis fatal testing crash at the Paul Ricard curcuit in France 1986. Elio's rear wing came off of his car, the Brabham BT55 then vaulted the guardrail and came to rest upside down and on fire. What happened after this was a disgrace, with uncomfortable similarities to Bandini and Williamson's accidents years before. As this was private testing there were no fire marshals and it took other drivers and mechanics a long time to get him out. Elio died later that day of his injuries...

Original post from page 24.

The three photos from the above post and a new pictorial explanation of the crash from a publication of the time.

It's interesting to note how motor racing had seemingly learnt nothing from Bandini, Siffert or Williamson (or many other fire related motor sport crashes). Elio was left in an uptuned and burning car with no help until it was too late.
Elio's only injuries in the impact had been a broken collar bone and minor burns, but he died later in hospital from smoke inhalation.

He was the 1977 Italian Formula Three Champion and had won the Monaco F3 race in 1978.

Elio started 109 GPs between 1979 and early 1986, scoring 122 points, nine poduims, three poles and two career wins. He finished 3rd in the 1984 Championship and 5th in '85.

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Originally Posted by bababoozer ↗

Most of these pictures are huge files, they are also very high quality.
Where?

That was Alvin's note when he started the thread back in 2012. It was a monumental task for him, evidently. Clicking on each of his pics brings up a bigass image.

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Originally Posted by windowlicker ↗

The 1953 Argentine Grand Prix and after a spectator ran onto the track in front of Nino Farina, the 1950 F1 World Champion crashed into the crowd killing 13 spectators.

Stupid, stupid fucking spectator!!!

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Some new to the thread photos from the fatal crash of Tom Pryce at the South African GP 1977.

Neither the poor Pryce or the marshall he hit, Frederik Jansen van Vuure had any chance and both were dead on impact. The fire extinguisher that van Vuure was carrying hit Pryce full in the face ripping off his crash helmet and inflicting huge head injuries. The marshal was virtually torn in two...

Tom took part in 42 GP's from 1974, scoring 19 points with one pole and a best result of two 3rd places. He won the Brands Hatch Race of Champions, a non-championship GP in 1975

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The fatal crash of Domingo Bucci and his co-driver Arturo Forassieppi at the 1933 Gran Premio de Arrecifes in Argentina.

Bucci hit the stationary vehicle of Victorio Zinni, and although they were taken to hospital both Bucci and Forassieppi succumb to their injuries. The driver of the stationary vehicle Zinni suffered minor injury but his co-driver Mateo Marongin was in a critical condition.

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Originally Posted by windowlicker ↗

Monaco GP 1985, Nelson Piquet driving a Brabham BMW tries to squeeze past Riccardo Patrese's Alfa Romeo, it doesn't go well, but no injuries.

Original post from page 52.

A nice selection of photos of the above collision at Monaco 1985.