wombatG6ET Bronze Donating Members 707 Member For: 11y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: cherrybrook Posted 22/06/13 11:28 PM Share Posted 22/06/13 11:28 PM Sad news to hear Allan SImonsen has been killed at Le Mans last night He will be missed greatly all over the world. RIP Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 2m 12d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 23/06/13 12:01 AM Share Posted 23/06/13 12:01 AM Yep, really average stack too, I'm surprised he suffered such fatal injuries as a result of how he went in. RIP A.S. Strong and selfless of the family to insist that the team keep racing too, the team boss was about to pull all 4 cars out of the race out of respect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletime Donating Members 937 Member For: 13y 3m 10d Gender: Male Posted 23/06/13 12:09 AM Share Posted 23/06/13 12:09 AM Pretty epic, and very sad, doesn't look like a major crash, rear end steps out and spins, mustn't be a great barrier that he hit, must have taken the full brunt of the impact on the drivers side. RIP very sad for his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatG6ET Bronze Donating Members 707 Member For: 11y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: cherrybrook Posted 23/06/13 12:33 AM Author Share Posted 23/06/13 12:33 AM I heard the commentator say, the rumour is there was a tree hard up to the back of the metal Armco, so no give at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 15y 10m 19d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 23/06/13 12:33 AM Share Posted 23/06/13 12:33 AM Linky to crash ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatG6ET Bronze Donating Members 707 Member For: 11y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: cherrybrook Posted 23/06/13 12:37 AM Author Share Posted 23/06/13 12:37 AM (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3STnEUd4jA Edited 23/06/13 12:51 AM by Dagabond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 19y 11m 25d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 23/06/13 01:02 AM Share Posted 23/06/13 01:02 AM Fark. Almost looks like there must have been steering failure or something the way he speared-off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletime Donating Members 937 Member For: 13y 3m 10d Gender: Male Posted 23/06/13 01:11 AM Share Posted 23/06/13 01:11 AM Ok wow yeah a tree wouldn't have much give, there been deaths at Le Mans before but surely that shouldn't happen. Side impact really is the worst, not much to take the impact but the driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 21y 5m 5d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 23/06/13 01:27 AM Share Posted 23/06/13 01:27 AM It's Motorsport of course there may be death involved, you can do what you can to prevent it but at the end of the day its cars driving at over 200km/h......it's the first death at Le Mans in about 16 years though.Aston Martin have blacked out their web page in honour with a statement that the family specifically wished for them to continue with the race in tribute to Alan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 20y 11m 24d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 23/06/13 01:57 AM Share Posted 23/06/13 01:57 AM Fark. Almost looks like there must have been steering failure or something the way he speared-off.Looks like the car got out too wide and once it was on the blue paint is bucked sideways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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