Motorsport OMG / WTF moments - Racing Funnies, Fails, Crashes, And Randomness

[TenEightyOne]

Well they choose the right track to set up such a crash; with such tight roads and so little visibility, it's was a crash cocktail waiting to happen...

The track's fine, it was a combination of spray and low sun that set that one up.

 

[Niku Driver HC]

The track's fine, it was a combination of spray and low sun that set that one up.

But the road's width and close proximity to the walls didn't help matters, though. Being tight, they just funneled the cars in like ping-pong balls, so escape routes were few and far between. Had it been a wider track, perhaps the pileup could've been smaller... (ergo, most cars would stay in the gravel/grass and away from the track itself)

 

[TRGTspecialist]

Sainz's comical start with slicks on a damp track at the Chinese GP:



Stroll's face at the end makes it.

 

[daan]

Well they choose the right track to set up such a crash; with such tight roads and so little visibility, it's was a crash cocktail waiting to happen...

It's basically a corridor mate.

So is any track lined by concrete walls.
What's your point?
I suppose you want to ban Monaco, Macau & anywhere that isn't surrounded by acres of wide open space like the modern Tilke tracks?

The track's fine, it was a combination of spray and low sun that set that one up.

But the road's width and close proximity to the walls didn't help matters, though. Being tight, they just funneled the cars in like ping-pong balls, so escape routes were few and far between. Had it been a wider track, perhaps the pileup could've been smaller... (ergo, most cars would stay in the gravel/grass and away from the track itself)

It never ceases to amaze me that Australia, a country with more actual country than almost any other, has all these piddly, wee tracks. See all those acres of nothing? Use some of it.

 

[catamount39]

It never ceases to amaze me that Australia, a country with more actual country than almost any other, has all these piddly, wee tracks. See all those acres of nothing? Use some of it.

I now demand a circuit down under that's twice the size as the Nurburgring, and with as many corners.

 

[Pete05]

It never ceases to amaze me that Australia, a country with more actual country than almost any other, has all these piddly, wee tracks. See all those acres of nothing? Use some of it.

I now demand a circuit down under that's twice the size as the Nurburgring, and with as many corners.

We've got more than enough space to build a replica of all the famous tracks throughout the world.
What we don't have, thanks to our premier category's obsession with temporary street circuits, is the funding available to do so.
They convince the relevant state government a street circuit is the answer to all the problems, millions are spent & they eventually leave.
The money poured into these temporary circuses could've left us with multiple new tracks built to FIA top level.
It pisses me off

 

[mwoodski]

'straya has the best tracks just as they are.

 

[Jimlaad43]

I dunno, I don't think there is any track out there more unimaginative than the Queensland Raceway

 

[LumpiestFish]

It never ceases to amaze me that Australia, a country with more actual country than almost any other, has all these piddly, wee tracks. See all those acres of nothing? Use some of it.

Tracks like Symmons Plains, Sandown and Barbagallo and what not are all very old a classic tracks that haven't changed all that majorly since their originally construction. Sandown has added extra corners and moved the pit lane, but they're on very restricted land (and very worthy land). I don't think Symmons Plains has changed at all layout wise since it was originally created, although they did move the pitlane.

 

[mwoodski]

its REAL RACIN not none of that modern day Hollywood Bull****™

 

[Pete05]

Tracks like Symmons Plains, Sandown and Barbagallo and what not are all very old a classic tracks that haven't changed all that majorly since their originally construction. Sandown has added extra corners and moved the pit lane, but they're on very restricted land (and very worthy land). I don't think Symmons Plains has changed at all layout wise since it was originally created, although they did move the pitlane.

Symmons Plains generally speaking is the original layout.
The only mods to what's now the final two corners was a slight widening of the track & slight re-profiling.
It's noticeable if you have a look at races from 20 odd years ago.

 

[Vinylshark]

GP2 just being GP2.

 

[Roo]

I get the impression that recovery vehicles at Le Mans for some time were anything that happened to be nearby.

 

[TDZdave]

A fantastic Minardi pit stop,

https://video-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v...=766134d06146e339dc35892f235e7b38&oe=58FB7FFB

 

[catamount39]

A fantastic Minardi pit stop,

https://video-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v...=766134d06146e339dc35892f235e7b38&oe=58FB7FFB

Good lord that was painful to watch. Did they all have a hang over or something?

 

[Northstar]

A fantastic Minardi pit stop,

https://video-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v...=766134d06146e339dc35892f235e7b38&oe=58FB7FFB

It's nice to see where the McLaren pit crew from a few years ago got their start.

 

[Barra333]

A fantastic Minardi pit stop,

https://video-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v...=766134d06146e339dc35892f235e7b38&oe=58FB7FFB

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[G_Parrilla]

"url signature expired"

I'm guessing this was the video.



Hard for an argentine to forget about this moment.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Hard for an argentine to forget about this moment.

Tuero went on to do a "Nico Rosberg" and suddenly announce his retirement at the peak of his talent. Admittedly those peaks were in rather different places.

 

[JayOTT]

Tuero went on to do a "Nico Rosberg" and suddenly announce his retirement at the peak of his talent.

It wasn't a retirement. The Ferrari Illuminati Association got Esteban Tuero banned from Formula 1 because they saw that Tuero was quickly becoming the greatest driver of his generation and, car permitting, would have beaten Schumacher to all of those championships in the 00's if he wasn't immediately dealt with.

/s

 

[NW48]

You could post the whole of the V8 Supercars' race at Phillip Island on Saturday here cause that was just one big WTF moment.

 

[Jimlaad43]

You could post the whole of the V8 Supercars' race at Phillip Island on Saturday here cause that was just one big WTF moment.

What happened?

 

[NW48]

What happened?

More than half the grid suffered either massive tyre failures or ludicrous 15 second penalties for crossing a pit lane line, which wasn't even a rule until 90 minutes before the race. Oh, and not everyone who crossed that line was actually penalised too.

 

[Jimlaad43]

lol, I see your point then

 

[JR98]

This Citroen Xsara completely lost it's rear axle after bumping off a kerb during a Polish rally stage

 

[IforceV8]

 

[twitcher]

Rules? Rules are for peasants. We're eating cake
#7 Bentley ignoring race director's instructions, repeatedly

 

[ScottPuss20]

Wrong thread
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/the-great-sounds-of-the-automotive-world.128893/

 

[Pete05]

Great power but that car looks nothing less than a complete handful in anything resembling a corner.

 

[-Fred-]

That's basically an A-Class lobby from Forza 6 at Road Atlanta, just with a lot less crashing. Basically be as crap as possible through the corners and then unleash your 77million hp down the back stretch to gain the advantage