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    Absolutely mad collision! Hope no one's injured. There were some people lying on the ground...

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    It was sorta amazing that it looks like thus far no one got hurt(knock on wood), despite what looks to be a shot gun blast of Audi parts flying towards a group of gathered photogs...

    Hope you are not near there Wouter...
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    I hope everyone is OK, including Wouter and Pieter.

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    Kitdy, thanks a lot



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    Damn! One more Audi written off, this time Rocke's #1. Looks even worse than McNish's case. And again the reason was collision with Ferrari. Rocke is still in the car, I'm afraid - for nearly 10 minutes. Hope I'm mistaken and he's out and OK.

    Good news. Wolfgang Ullrich has just said Rocke has left the car himself.
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    Huge crash for Rocky in the 1 car! Clipped a Ferrari and spun out.
    Haven't seen him get out of the car yet, hopefully he is okay.

    EDIT: Rocky left car under his own power, this is great news.
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    The car is literally a pile of metal and carbon fiber now...

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    Only one Audi left.

    Wonder what will they do now.

    This looks like the reverse edition of last years race. Only the Audis aren't imploding themselves...
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    McNish's accident is more of his fault, Rocky's look like the fault of the GT....do we know which GT it is?

    I gotta say, the name GTE "AM" is sketchy at best....considering the closing speed and the condition of the race...having amateur is iffy...though in many cases they foot the bill....
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    It was the 71 AF Corse.
    The Ferrari looked to be on the racing line, which just so happened to close the door on Rocky. The commentators suggested that the Audi's highbeams may have dazzled Kauffman in the Ferrari, which I can relate to .

    EDIT: Kitdy is telling me the Kauffmann's fastest lap in practice was a 4:21, so he is an amateur racing in GTEpro?
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    Well I don't really know what the Pro/Am definition lies....Take Michael Waltrip, who is a Pro NASCAR driver, I think his fastest lap before the race start was a 4:18, I think he was running 4:11s in his stint, and he is in a GTE Pro car, I think the pole time in GTE Pro is 3:57.

    You can't escape gentleman drive in racing....but its just hard to explain for it when accident happens....
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    Does the BMW m3 seriously have sticker false side exhausts?
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    I just saw the video about the Allan McNish's Audi. My... I'm glad he is okay!! That crash was properly nasty D:
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    Looking at the McNish accident videos I think part of the reason it was so spectacular was due to the shape of the ground.

    The gravel trap goes up hill, which should help slow the car, but before the barrier it goes over a small crest where the tarmacked area for photographers and recovery vehicles is. The fence is then set back from the edge of the tarmac, and it is in this space between the crest at the edge of the tarmac and the fence that the car became airborne.

    It would have still been a very large impact, but probably without the flip over the fence, if the fence was at the crest, and the car's CoG being well below the top of it.
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    If you look Cyco, you'll see as he hits the Ferrari the rear of the car gets kicked up by the Ferrari's tyres. This starts the process and the car is "in the air" from the moment it leaves tarmac.

    All if the iffs and buts dont matter in an accident. it is an accident. With the fence as you describe it may well have a different consequence ! No guarantee better
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