Añadido: Apr 28, 2008
De: FormulaOneSpy
Duración: 1:2
Stéphane Ortelli crashes his Courage-Oreca LMP1 during the 1000 km of Monza, 2nd round of the Le Mans Series and escapes reportedly with only an injured ankle (small fractures). Thanks for the videos: TBK- Update: Apparently the cause of the crash was not brakes but a wing failure: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/67140 Another update: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/67424 ...
Categoría: Sports
Tags: 2008 accident alms courage crash flip huge le lmes lmp lms mans massive monza oreca ortelli prototype series stephane
Rating: 4.76 (97 ratings) Visto: 158675' favoriteCount='309 Comentarios: 71
squirrels5678 Says:
May 5, 2008 - You bet. You only wish you could.
squirrels5678 Says:
May 5, 2008 - I was attempting to respond to a comment posted about nascar a few pages back and it didnt seem to work how I wanted.
LolaJudd Says:
May 6, 2008 - how is the Courage-Oreca LC70 Judd a snail?
SlovenianGuy Says:
May 6, 2008 - yeah I wish I could yes. But go kart racing is a far cry from Lemans.
FormulaOneSpy Says:
May 7, 2008 - like it was already explained, that comment was misunderstading. (but compared to Pug, yes :D)
thenextbigshed Says:
May 7, 2008 - that was spectacualar, not for the driver but wow. if i had bought a ticket to that and seen it i'd consider it money well spent.
LolaJudd Says:
May 8, 2008 - Peugeot has a bigger budget for development.
LolaJudd Says:
May 8, 2008 - as though Le Mans Series races aren't money well spent?
FormulaOneSpy Says:
May 8, 2008 - i wasn't totally serious about it...
thenextbigshed Says:
May 8, 2008 - no, but for me to get to le mans, (its not in my country) all the money for tickets, accomodation and traveling there. it costs a lot so when you get there you want everything to be spectacualar. and that crash was spectacular, as is the event.
LolaJudd Says:
May 8, 2008 - this race was in Monza, Italy and would have cost less than the 24 Hours of Le Mans
adrenachrome05 Says:
May 14, 2008 - The rule changes after the Mercs went 'flying' @ Le Mans in 99, were supposed to stop this happening !. Back to the drawing board....
FormulaOneSpy Says:
May 15, 2008 - The regs did avoid this happening with McNish's (early in the race) and Jamie Campbell-Walter's (in the friday practice) crashes. Cars got airborne but didn't flip.
FormulaOneSpy Says:
May 15, 2008 - Also this crash wasn't exactly similar to the Merc flips at Le Mans (or BMW and Porsche flips at Road Atlanta)
adrenachrome05 Says:
May 17, 2008 - I know crash @ Le Mans was a front-end lift but I read that the changes to the underside of the cars after that has now made them more prone to flip when getting sieways @ speed.
gannonsheldon Says:
May 18, 2008 - No way man that peugeot has a bigger bugget! Audi spends heaps more on development and racing! Basicily it comes down to technology. The hdi engine is better than a tdi engine! They work slightly differently, Hdi is high compression and Tdi is turbo! The peugeot is slightly higher in torque to. And man how lucky id the Audi driver in this lucky to be alive, recon he wouold have filled his suit! Peugeot build you 908 street verson and we will buy it!
FormulaOneSpy Says:
May 19, 2008 - LolaJudd's comment was related to Oreca's budget... But how are you so sure about the size of the budgets?
italychamp Says:
May 21, 2008 - very great accident. probably in a car of 15-20 years ago the pilot would be dead. very happy that Ortelli could be come back soon!
mallocksrule Says:
May 26, 2008 - bet the team bosses wallet is a bit lighter after that
LolaJudd Says:
Jun 3, 2008 - Team Oreca Matmut has been sponsored in recent years by a French insurance company, Matmut.
Bradzii Says:
Jun 5, 2008 - Holy Shit!
Nrackhnir Says:
Jun 5, 2008 - at 0.46 he's got lucky
KeeperOfTheKitten Says:
Jun 19, 2008 - At adrenachrome05 - the changes in regulation were meant to help prevent this kind of accident too, by introducing a "curve" (actually bevel) in the underside when the car is going sideways, to counteract the shape of the upper bodywork. When the car is going sideways, a flat underside makes it similar to an aeroplane wing and puts lower pressure on top, which is why they take off and fly. This reshaping of the underside is an attempt to reduce the pressure differential.
Brett140 Says:
Aug 17, 2008 - yup, broken a leg too... that sucks
SlovenianGuy Says:
May 5, 2008 - sure you will honney...