Did you even read the last page or so?
Like I said, there were fifteen cars in various states of scrap metal. When one or two cars are involved in a crash, it's manageable; Indycar can keep feeding information back to the commentators, so they know what's going on, even if they aren't showing it. When fifteen cars are strewn across the circuit, with half of them on fire and the other half having taken heavy damage from becoming airborne, it's a very different story - informing the commentators of what is happening is probably the last thing on anyone's mind. Especially since there was no immediate indication that Wheldon's life was in any more danger than anybody else. The survival cell of his car was left intact, and from the on-board camera, he did not appear to be injured to begin with. Taken at face value, the biggest danger to him was a flare up of fuel that burned for a second and then went out (and his helmet and overalls would have protected him from that). We now know that Wheldon was critically injured, but at the time of the crash when nobody really knew exactly what was going on, informing the commentators/network of the situation probably wasn't high on their list of priorities.
If you want bad taste, come down to Australia some time - in the middle on reporting the accident, the morning news took the time to also report on the championship positions. I get that most Australians would be interested in Indycar because Will Power was in contention for the championship, but the way it was reported, the journalist seemed bothered that the race would not be restarted, meaning that Power would not have the opportunity to beat Dario Franchitti. They did the same thing yesterday when Jorge Lorenzo crashed in practice for the MotoGP at Philip Island and could not take place in the race; Lorenzo lost a finger, and while that isn't nearly as serious as Wheldon losing his life, the local commentators were smirking all through the annoucement that Lorenzo was out because it meant Casey Stoner pretty much just had to finish the race to be crowned champion. Not once did they express concern for Lorenzo, just as the journalist here seemed disappointed that Will Power could not take the Indycar championship.
I got the sense the journalist was hoping the track could be cleared, the race could be restarted and the drivers who crashed out could use a spare car. Or maybe he just didn't know Power was out. He just came across as disappointed that the race would not be re-run and Will Power would not get a chance to claim the championship.
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