Video Mega-Crash Japan GT

[BerndSteinbeck]

Hello, here is an other video from a horro-crash from the Japan-GT-Series.
I found it on an other homepage.

http://www3.turboshare.de/v/5603170/megacrash.wmv.html

Greetings,
Bernd

[Gèrre]

That"s a famous video

[Luuk S]

Iemand een idee wanneer dit precies gebeurd is?
Ik zie trouwens angstaanjagend weinig activiteit in die Ferrari.

[crosserke]

Is een jaar of twee geleden gebeurd.Ik heb nog ergens het vervolg liggen,valt nog mee met de piloot dacht ik.

[SMM DOC]

Lijkt me toch weinig waarschijnlijk dat de piloot van die Ferrari niet veel mankeerde. Zo'n vuurzee trekt alle zuurstof weg zodat je stikt als je niet snel uit de wagen bent. En een FIA gekeurde race overall brandt misschien niet maar dat wil niet zeggen dat je na een tijdje niet gekookt wordt door de hitte.

[A uit PDGRacing]

Hij was er toch redelijk erg aan toe. Het duurde ook even voor ze hem uit de wagen haalden, en door de shock wou hij nie blijven liggen. Ze hebben hem in de ambulance moeten duwen.

[Fonne]

Dat is me een serieuze crash.
Nu heb ik al redlijk wat crasche's gezien maar deze overtreft alles. Dat die Ferrari zo ineens ontploft vind ik wel raar .
Is zo'n benzienetank daar niet tegen beveilgd of zo ?

[Ottooke]

Stukje gevonden op het internet:
A racing car driver whose career ended with a sickening crash five years ago Wednesday was awarded 90 million yen compensation after the Tokyo District Court ruled race organizers were to blame for his crippling accident.

Tetsuya Ota fell well short of getting the 300 million he had been asking from the five organizers and the marshal of the 1998 race where he suffered severe burns that ruined his driving career, but received the vindication he had been looking for.

"The crash was caused when the flag car suddenly slowed down," Presiding Judge Tsuyoshi Ono said. "Firefighting and rescue preparations were also not up to scratch."

Ota was delighted with the court win. "I would like to thank everybody who has supported me along the way," the 43-year-old once referred to as Japan's best Ferrari handler said in the wake of the ruling.

Those ordered to pay Ota include Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture, where the horrifying crash occurred, and TV Tokyo, which broadcast the race.

None of the defendants have stated whether they will appeal against the ruling, including TV Tokyo, which spent the entirety of the court battle arguing that it could not be regarded as one of the race organizers.

Court records said Ota's terrifying crash occurred during a warm-up lap before the official start of the race in May 1998. Ota's car burst into flames after slamming into another vehicle that had already stopped because of a different accident.

Ota was stuck in the fireball for almost 90 seconds before rescuers finally dragged him out. He sustained burns across his body and is still unable to move his right arm, right shoulder and fingers properly.

Judges ruled the flag car should have been traveling at about 60 kilometers per hour instead of the 150 kilometers it was doing, and caused the accident by slowing too quickly. Ota was forced to unexpectedly drop his pace and, as a result, he lost control and smash into the stationary vehicle.

They also decided that Ota was left in his flaming vehicle for too long and organizers had neglected their responsibility to get him out of the burning car within 30 seconds of the blaze erupting.

A pre-race agreement between Ota and the organizers not to pursue legal action in the event of an accident was also dismissed as unacceptable.

"A letter that tries to eliminate one party from taking any responsibility for major accidents caused by gross negligence is incorrect, unfair and not void in this court," presiding judge Ono said.

TV Tokyo's attempt to avoid being regarded as one of the race organizers was dismissed by the court, which ruled it was involved in sufficient decisions made about the race to be viewed as one of the organizations directly concerned with running it.

Ota made his debut in 1982, racing in the Formula 3000 series before switching to GT car races in which he competed in four straight Le Mans 24-hour races. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, Oct. 29, 2003)

[Werner333]

Deze crash is al eens aan bod gekomen hier.
In deze thread (http://forum.depaddock.eu/showthread.php?t=11888). Daar vind je ook een 2de filmke met de gevolgen.
Hallucinant.
Crash gebeurde in1998

[Jochie]

Moest er vorige week toevallig aan terugdenken toen ik de onboard footage zag van een vriend bij de start van de recente verregende VLN race.
Dan ziet ge dus echt NIKS en allemaal vollegas naar de haarspeld.
Liever zij dan ik op dat (zeldzame) moment.

Een zogezegd mankement bij de F360 is dat de benzinetank relatief dichtbij de uitlaten zit, er zijn ook wat dramatische gevallen geweest met baanwagens waarbij dit gesugereerd werd als beinvloedende factor.

[Ottooke]

Deze crash is al eens aan bod gekomen hier.
In deze thread (http://forum.depaddock.eu/showthread.php?t=11888). Daar vind je ook een 2de filmke met de gevolgen.
Hallucinant.
Crash gebeurde in1998
Ik wist dat ik het hier al had zien voorbij komen :) Niet goed genoeg gezocht...