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Re: Henry Surtees Dies After Being Hit on the Head by Wheel/tyre from Formula 2 Race Car
This Happened at Brands Hatch on 19 July 2009, during a Formula Two race, Henry Surtees was hit on the head by a wheel from the car of Jack Clarke after Clarke spun into the wall exiting Westfield Bend. The wheel broke its tether and bounced back across the track into the following group of cars and collided with Surtees' helmet. The mass of the wheel assembly hitting his head was 64 lbs (29 kg) and Surtees hit it at almost 100mph (160kph). The car continued straight ahead into the barrier on the approach to Sheene Curve, also losing a wheel, and came to rest at the end of the curve with its remaining rear wheel still spinning.
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Re: Henry Surtees Dies After Being Hit on the Head by Wheel/tyre from Formula 2 Race Car
Talk about having shitty luck :O
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Re: Henry Surtees Dies After Being Hit on the Head by Wheel/tyre from Formula 2 Race Car
Damn, these cars need a canopy to protect the drivers head ![]() |
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Re: Henry Surtees Dies After Being Hit on the Head by Wheel/tyre from Formula 2 Race Car
Went kinda like Tom Pryce did in 1977. He got hit in the head with the fire extinguisher the fire marshal was carrying. The fire marshal was hit by an F1 car driven by Tom. The car cut the fire marshal in half. They killed each other at the same time. ![]() |
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Re: Henry Surtees Dies After Being Hit on the Head by Wheel/tyre from Formula 2 Race Car
Bloody hell :(
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Re: Henry Surtees Dies After Being Hit on the Head by Wheel/tyre from Formula 2 Race Car
I remember this. Surtees was only 18 years old, poor guy ![]() |
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Re: Henry Surtees Dies After Being Hit on the Head by Wheel/tyre from Formula 2 Race Car
In F1, since 2011, technical regulations require four tethers at each corner of the car, (double the 2010 requirement) in order to reduce the chances of wheels coming loose. From FIA F1 Technical Regulation Quote:
![]() However, this didn't stop Grosjean's car wheel coming off at the start of 2012 Belgian Grand Prix: and if this still happens in F1 (which ensures the highest safety standards in motorsports), go figure what may or may not happen in lower categories. |
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Re: Henry Surtees Dies After Being Hit on the Head by Wheel/tyre from Formula 2 Race Car
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Re: Henry Surtees Dies After Being Hit on the Head by Wheel/tyre from Formula 2 Race Car
Yes, i know it: i've posted about the status of F1 regarding this specific issue because if safety is not guaranteed there, then it isn't anywhere else, in motorsports. In F2 only head protection conforms to the (2009) F1 standards: roadwheel tethers are incorporated, but they can't be compared with the ones in use in F1: much less money, much lower technical level, much less safety. If i'm correct, this year F2 won't even start.
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Re: Henry Surtees Dies After Being Hit on the Head by Wheel/tyre from Formula 2 Race Car
a tire ![]() |