German Formula 3 Driver Smashes Into Photographers bunker

[Digital Planets]

If I could put more characters into the thread name, I would. Thanks NSG!

Here's the video for context. Warning, it's some pretty mindblowing shit.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH

At today's Macau GP for Formula 3, 17-year old Sophia Florsch was involved in a pretty gnarly accident, starting from when she made contact with another driver, causing her to lose a wheel then hitting a kerb, flying over another car and hitting a photographers bunker. Oh yeah, she was clocked at something like 270+ km/h. News reports say that two photographers and a track marshall got lacerations while Florsch got a spine fracture and some pretty nice bruising. Everyone is doing okay though, kind of.

The race became delayed as the catch fence in she which graciously fucked up was repaired and Dan Ticktum, whoever the hell that is, goes on to win Macau for... whatever team. He sounds like a fucking nerd.

I've always said that shitty catch fences aren't enough; when you got ENTIRE CARS being thrown at them, you need two shitty catch fences to make sure everyone is safe. Of course, the FIA is always looking to improve safety and I'm sure they'll find a way to protect the bunkers a bit more. This isn't 1965 after all.

So what do you think of all this, NSG? Should we stop having crowds at Formula races to prevent more injury? Is Dan Ticktum really a fucking nerd? Should we make memes out of this?

[Secret State Police]

Just Germans doing casual German things.

[Pope Joan]

Do not give teens powerful things, or they will use them destructively.

[Baltenstein]

Good to see that half the people in the audience got their priorities straight and kept their cellphone cameras running.

[Loben]

Formula.....heh.

anyway, my guess is no brakes or stuck throttle, and the catchfense probably would not have helped in any situation.

Catchfence crashes, while statistically rare in motorsports are often the most horrifying, and shes very lucky to be alive.

[Risottia]

At today's Macau GP for Formula 3, 17-year old Sophia Florsch was involved in a pretty gnarly accident, starting from when she made contact with another driver, causing her to lose a wheel then hitting a kerb, flying over another car and hitting a photographers bunker. Oh yeah, she was clocked at something like 270+ km/h. News reports say that two photographers and a track marshall got lacerations while Florsch got a spine fracture and some pretty nice bruising.

Well, she did less damage than the average suburban driver parking her van anyway.

[Risottia]

Just Germans doing casual German things.

Be happy that she wasn't driving a Maus.

[Loben]

Just Germans doing casual German things.

Be happy that she wasn't driving a Maus.

or an Indycar at Vegas or Pocono.

even 2015 was a hell of a year.

[Loben]

couldve also ended up like Dan Wheldon, which thank god she didnt.

[Costa Fierro]

I've always said that shitty catch fences aren't enough; when you got ENTIRE CARS being thrown at them, you need two shitty catch fences to make sure everyone is safe. Of course, the FIA is always looking to improve safety and I'm sure they'll find a way to protect the bunkers a bit more. This isn't 1965 after all.

Catch fences do their job quite nicely.

couldve also ended up like Dan Wheldon, which thank god she didnt.

She went in backwards. Dan Wheldon hit the wall at an angle which meant his head impacted it as the car was upside down.

Good to see that half the people in the audience got their priorities straight and kept their cellphone cameras running.

Because the solution would have hundreds of people crowding around the crash site blocking the access of track marshals and medical staff?

[USS Monitor]

Remind me never to participate in any sort of motorsports no matter how much I enjoy RPing them on NS.

[Ethel mermania]

At today's Macau GP for Formula 3, 17-year old Sophia Florsch was involved in a pretty gnarly accident, starting from when she made contact with another driver, causing her to lose a wheel then hitting a kerb, flying over another car and hitting a photographers bunker. Oh yeah, she was clocked at something like 270+ km/h. News reports say that two photographers and a track marshall got lacerations while Florsch got a spine fracture and some pretty nice bruising.

Well, she did less damage than the average suburban driver parking her van anyway.

you leave mrs mermania out of this

[Cannot think of a name]

Good to see that half the people in the audience got their priorities straight and kept their cellphone cameras running.

Do you think they were supposed to dial 911 to report the crash?

[Internationalist Bastard]

Use two less formula

[Chernoslavia]

Good to see that half the people in the audience got their priorities straight and kept their cellphone cameras running.

I'm pretty sure they always have EMS standing by during these events.

[Internationalist Bastard]

Good to see that half the people in the audience got their priorities straight and kept their cellphone cameras running.

I'm pretty sure they always have EMS standing by during these events.

Unfortunately they themselves crashed into a second bunker

[Shofercia]

Considering that she was German, I have to ask: were the photographers - French? Because she Floorsched that car right into that wall. You give a German female teenager a car, and you expect for it to not be destructive? (Granted, sometimes it's not, but is that usually the case?)

Good news is that now Asia's also included

At today's Macau GP for Formula 3, 17-year old Sophia Florsch was involved in a pretty gnarly accident, starting from when she made contact with another driver, causing her to lose a wheel then hitting a kerb, flying over another car and hitting a photographers bunker. Oh yeah, she was clocked at something like 270+ km/h. News reports say that two photographers and a track marshall got lacerations while Florsch got a spine fracture and some pretty nice bruising.

Well, she did less damage than the average suburban driver parking her van anyway.

Zing!

I wonder if Florsch took driving lessons from this lady: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjkkjH0GnfY

Actual video of Florsch learning to park: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4du48mqOQw

[Risottia]

Well, she did less damage than the average suburban driver parking her van anyway.

you leave mrs mermania out of this

I would never dare to assume that Mrs.Mermania is average in any regard, sir!

[Ethel mermania]

you leave mrs mermania out of this

I would never dare to assume that Mrs.Mermania is average in any regard, sir!

My apologies then good sir,

Just as an fyi I bought her one of those Subaru's, with "eyesight" a crash prevention accessory (according to Subaru, it should not get into an accident at under 30 mph). Subaru is part of Fuji heavy industries, you know the people who built the bombers that blew the fuck out of pearl harbor. Mrs mermania has hit it twice.

[Internationalist Bastard]

I would never dare to assume that Mrs.Mermania is average in any regard, sir!

My apologies then good sir,

Just as an fyi I bought her one of those Subaru's, with "eyesight" a crash prevention accessory (according to Subaru, it should not get into an accident at under 30 mph). Subaru is part of Fuji heavy industries, you know the people who built the bombers that blew the fuck out of pearl harbor. Mrs mermania has hit it twice.

I’m not sure if I’m disappointed in Subaru or impressed with your wife

[Dumb Ideologies]

Sequels, eh? The video has some impact, yet it's lacking some of the oomph from the last time a high-speed German projectile was fired in a bunker.

[Risottia]

My apologies then good sir,

Just as an fyi I bought her one of those Subaru's, with "eyesight" a crash prevention accessory (according to Subaru, it should not get into an accident at under 30 mph). Subaru is part of Fuji heavy industries, you know the people who built the bombers that blew the fuck out of pearl harbor. Mrs mermania has hit it twice.

I’m not sure if I’m disappointed in Subaru or impressed with your wife

For some reason now I'm picturing her in a leather helmet and shouting "Tora! Tora! Tora!"

[Ethel mermania]

I’m not sure if I’m disappointed in Subaru or impressed with your wife

For some reason now I'm picturing her in a leather helmet and shouting "Tora! Tora! Tora!"

You have driven with her I see.