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by **Dino Be1e** » Tue, 14 Aug 2001 06:48:38

Sorry for waiting.
Until now I recived many requests to send video clip which shows how tragic
things can be.

This clip is stressfull, and I MEAN IT !!!

link is: http://www.racesimcentral.net/

One more time, think about seeing this !

by **fluffypon** » Tue, 14 Aug 2001 07:43:45

I had actually read abot it before but didn't realise how bad it was
until I saw it, in one way, you can't blame Tom Pryce, the marshalls
should have seen him coming, but I guess he died doing what he loved
doing, as did Ayrton Senna, Roland Ratzenburger, Greg Moore, Dale
Earnhardt, it jus reminds us that motor racing, no matter how much we
love it, is a dangerous sport, and yet when we play these games we
should remember that legends in the sport made racing what it is today,
the most popular sport in the world.

We all pay homage to these brave people when we buy the games, when we
play them and when we enjoy them and talk about them, at the end of the
day, 22 F1 Drivers, 40+ Nascar Drivers, 30+ Cart, loads others out there
and they are all brave men, and are all great drivers.

With this, let me plug EA's F1 2001 Season, I have been playtesting this
for the PS2, this is an AWESOME Game, realistic, and the PC version is
gonna be better yet.. :) (btw.. I work for EA)

Cya all, Happy Racing!
<fluffypony>

> Sorry for waiting.
> Until now I recived many requests to send video clip which shows how tragic
> things can be.

> This clip is stressfull, and I MEAN IT !!!

> link is: http://www.geocities.com/formula1data/

> One more time, think about seeing this !

by **Doug Hoo** » Tue, 14 Aug 2001 10:05:04

WOW thats VERY disturbing to watch. I am not familiar with this incident .
When did it happen?

> I had actually read abot it before but didn't realise how bad it was
> until I saw it, in one way, you can't blame Tom Pryce, the marshalls
> should have seen him coming, but I guess he died doing what he loved
> doing, as did Ayrton Senna, Roland Ratzenburger, Greg Moore, Dale
> Earnhardt, it jus reminds us that motor racing, no matter how much we
> love it, is a dangerous sport, and yet when we play these games we
> should remember that legends in the sport made racing what it is today,
> the most popular sport in the world.

> We all pay homage to these brave people when we buy the games, when we
> play them and when we enjoy them and talk about them, at the end of the
> day, 22 F1 Drivers, 40+ Nascar Drivers, 30+ Cart, loads others out there
> and they are all brave men, and are all great drivers.

> With this, let me plug EA's F1 2001 Season, I have been playtesting this
> for the PS2, this is an AWESOME Game, realistic, and the PC version is
> gonna be better yet.. :) (btw.. I work for EA)

> Cya all, Happy Racing!
> <fluffypony>

> > Sorry for waiting.
> > Until now I recived many requests to send video clip which shows how
tragic
> > things can be.

> > This clip is stressfull, and I MEAN IT !!!

> > link is: http://www.geocities.com/formula1data/

> > One more time, think about seeing this !

by **Book** » Tue, 14 Aug 2001 16:44:04

You forgot about the (mostly) unpaid workers who man the tracks so that
these drivers can go race. A moments pause to reflect on those who have
perished during something they (and I) also love. F1 has claimed two
marshals in the past year, and motorracing in general has been cruel
worldwide with approx 5 deaths in same period.
Book
(A person who can never go back to just "watching" a race.)

> I had actually read abot it before but didn't realise how bad it was
> until I saw it, in one way, you can't blame Tom Pryce, the marshalls
> should have seen him coming, but I guess he died doing what he loved
> doing, as did Ayrton Senna, Roland Ratzenburger, Greg Moore, Dale
> Earnhardt, it jus reminds us that motor racing, no matter how much we
> love it, is a dangerous sport, and yet when we play these games we
> should remember that legends in the sport made racing what it is today,
> the most popular sport in the world.

> We all pay homage to these brave people when we buy the games, when we
> play them and when we enjoy them and talk about them, at the end of the
> day, 22 F1 Drivers, 40+ Nascar Drivers, 30+ Cart, loads others out there
> and they are all brave men, and are all great drivers.

> With this, let me plug EA's F1 2001 Season, I have been playtesting this
> for the PS2, this is an AWESOME Game, realistic, and the PC version is
> gonna be better yet.. :) (btw.. I work for EA)

> Cya all, Happy Racing!
> <fluffypony>

> > Sorry for waiting.
> > Until now I recived many requests to send video clip which shows how
tragic
> > things can be.

> > This clip is stressfull, and I MEAN IT !!!

> > link is: http://www.geocities.com/formula1data/

> > One more time, think about seeing this !

by **fluffypon** » Tue, 14 Aug 2001 21:26:50

it happened (Looking up his F1 history books) 5th March, 1977 at
Kyalami..

by **Racecraf** » Tue, 14 Aug 2001 22:18:14

>in one way, you can't blame Tom Pryce, the marshalls
>should have seen him coming

You can't blame Tom Pryce in ANY way. There was nothing he could do. He came
over the crest of the hill at +180mph to see this guy infront of him. Anyway
he would've only seen him for a split second before being hit by the fire
extinguisher...

by **Luke Phillip** » Tue, 14 Aug 2001 22:29:30

Im sorry i asked... terrible accident. What i find unbelievable is how
another marshall runs accross the track after tom struck the other marshall,
and a car zips by at 180mph only 4secs after! Things have come a long way.
Also, why was tom just dumped on the ground? And did his helmet come off on
the impact, or removed by marshalls?

by **Ed Solhei** » Wed, 15 Aug 2001 01:53:59

That picture "did" enough for me.... this is something I *don't* want to
see..

Shame about Pryce though... he, like so many of "the others", was a great
talent.

--
ed_

by **Dino Be1e** » Wed, 15 Aug 2001 06:08:06

impact was so strong
you could at the end of the clip that his helmet droped near the place where
accident happened

by **Jone** » Wed, 15 Aug 2001 18:24:04

> That picture "did" enough for me.... this is something I *don't* want to
> see..

> Shame about Pryce though... he, like so many of "the others", was a great
> talent.

Likewise, Ed. I confess to starting the video download, but the first
few frames suddenly made me realise "s**t, I'm about to see someone
die". I'm very much interested in F1 history, but I don't need to see
something so tragic to build on my knowledge.

I actually feel guilty for even considering watching it :-(

by **Tony Whitle** » Thu, 16 Aug 2001 04:22:57

"Dino Be1en" wrote...

> > Also, why was tom just dumped on the ground? And did his helmet come off
> on
> > the impact, or removed by marshalls?

> impact was so strong
> you could at the end of the clip that his helmet droped near the place
where
> accident happened

I read at the time that he was decapitated but as far as I could tell from
the video he was still in one piece. Thanks for posting it Dino, although it
is not pleasant I feel it ought to be available.

--

Tony Whitley
GPLRank -0.54
MonsterRank 407 and falling...
"On some laps I'd get as many as fif*** corners really right, but Moss, he
gets them all right on every lap" - Von Trips after the 1961 German Grand
Prix.

by **Target** » Thu, 16 Aug 2001 08:46:13

I am confused on this. I know the marshal died, but did it not show a driver
in his car that appeared to be dead as well?
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by **Kevin Anderso** » Thu, 16 Aug 2001 09:09:12

Driver was also killed instantly. The fire Extinguisher the marshal was
carrying hit him in the helmet.

--
Kevin Anderson

by **Gary Stephenso** » Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:03:53

> I read at the time that he was decapitated but as far as I could tell from
> the video he was still in one piece.

Sure can't say that about the poor track marshall. I've seen the video
also, what a horrific accident.

Gary

by **Papp** » Sat, 18 Aug 2001 03:33:09

> > I read at the time that he was decapitated but as far as I could tell
from
> > the video he was still in one piece.

In this kind of thing, the severity of the outcome increases exponentially
each time it's told.

Pappy

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