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How could anyone stay so calm when there were flames licking inches away from a huge tankfull of fuel, i'd have been inlclined to jump out.
Bet there would've been a few words to the folk that make the fuel hoses.
Bet there would've been a few words to the folk that make the fuel hoses.
How could anyone stay so calm when there were flames licking inches away from a huge tankfull of fuel, i'd have been inlclined to jump out.
Bet there would've been a few words to the folk that make the fuel hoses.
Bet there would've been a few words to the folk that make the fuel hoses.
To be honest, there really is nothing to worry about in that situation. The chances of an explosion are, in fact, fairly remote. The pitlane is probably the safest place to have a fire, if there is a safe place. :)
It was just excess fuel on the fuel intake valve that was alight, as well as the fuel nozzle itself. The valve was obviously stuck open and when they tried to pull it out, the heat ignited it. There were a lot of fuel nozzles not working properly in that race. It was just a bad race. There will be an inquiry but I doubt anything will happen.
It was just excess fuel on the fuel intake valve that was alight, as well as the fuel nozzle itself. The valve was obviously stuck open and when they tried to pull it out, the heat ignited it. There were a lot of fuel nozzles not working properly in that race. It was just a bad race. There will be an inquiry but I doubt anything will happen.
The FIA don't realise that this is jus**t an accident, very rare, nothing to worry about. Wheras if Schumacher's car had melted, or the pitlane had s**tarted to burn, There would have to be an inquiry. But for f*f***'s sake, sh*t happens. And worse things happened in the 1950s- I read that the Italin GP once Peter Collins' tyres got ripped to shreds on the rough track in the heat. And the pitlane was in crazy mode when he drove in with burning tyres.
Der Nazi wrote:
> The FIA don't realise that this is jus**t an accident, very rare,
> nothing to worry about. Wheras if Schumacher's car had melted, or the
> pitlane had s**tarted to burn, There would have to be an inquiry. But
> for f*f***'s sake, sh*t happens. And worse things happened in the 1950s-
> I read that the Italin GP once Peter Collins' tyres got ripped to
> shreds on the rough track in the heat. And the pitlane was in crazy
> mode when he drove in with burning tyres.
But that is F1 his**tory, and the sport is immeasurably safer than it has ever been (much to Stirling Moss' chagrin). Whether it was an accident or not it IS something to worry about - these rigs keep failing and the teams have no choice but to continue using them. No fuel or fuel vapour has any business outside the fueltank/refuelling equipment, so the fact that some a) got out and b) ignited is cause for concern. Saying that "sh*t happens" didn't work for NASA when they los**t Columbia, and it won't work here - next time whatever caused this fault occurs, it may result in casualties.
> The FIA don't realise that this is jus**t an accident, very rare,
> nothing to worry about. Wheras if Schumacher's car had melted, or the
> pitlane had s**tarted to burn, There would have to be an inquiry. But
> for f*f***'s sake, sh*t happens. And worse things happened in the 1950s-
> I read that the Italin GP once Peter Collins' tyres got ripped to
> shreds on the rough track in the heat. And the pitlane was in crazy
> mode when he drove in with burning tyres.
But that is F1 his**tory, and the sport is immeasurably safer than it has ever been (much to Stirling Moss' chagrin). Whether it was an accident or not it IS something to worry about - these rigs keep failing and the teams have no choice but to continue using them. No fuel or fuel vapour has any business outside the fueltank/refuelling equipment, so the fact that some a) got out and b) ignited is cause for concern. Saying that "sh*t happens" didn't work for NASA when they los**t Columbia, and it won't work here - next time whatever caused this fault occurs, it may result in casualties.
but still It must've given the mechanics a bit of a shock
Damn straight it did, if you watch them during the replay they're in a blind frenzy. One guy tries to put the fire out from about 20 metres away, clearly they weren't ready for it.
It's officially a hose problem. Thank you Mr Todt.