[Mr Dangermouse]

Fighting for life after a test crash apparently

[Lib]

Whole thing sounds very strange. Hope she pulls through...

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100882

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-18685789

[Malevolent]

Oh thats terrible hope she pulls through, first test drive as well i think.

[Mr Dangermouse]

She has regained consciousness so it's looking promising.

[chaz1992]

Unfortunately she has lost her right eye Marussia have some serious explaining to do!

[jelly1000]

Looks like its the end of her motor racing career sadly as shes lost her right eye.

[mikeyd85]

Holy crap. Poor woman!

[CB91]

How would the car "accelerate suddenly"?

[Lib]

(Original post by CB91)
How would the car "accelerate suddenly"?

I've seen it speculated that as she was coming in to stop she dropped the revs to the point where the anti-stall kicked in and applied throttle to prevent stall, but as she was in gear that meant she shot forward.

Need to wait for the proper investigation to know for sure though.

[CB91]

(Original post by Lib)
I've seen it speculated that as she was coming in to stop she dropped the revs to the point where the anti-stall kicked in and applied throttle to prevent stall, but as she was in gear that meant she shot forward.

Need to wait for the proper investigation to know for sure though.

That would make sense tbh.

[Lib]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/18805548

[Stringer987]

(Original post by Lib)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/18805548

Dont know if you would know the answers, but worth a go. Would the teams get a copy of the investigation report? So it is in the open what caused it and what could prevent it?

[Lib]

(Original post by Stringer987)
Dont know if you would know the answers, but worth a go. Would the teams get a copy of the investigation report? So it is in the open what caused it and what could prevent it?

I'm not sure whether HSE reports are made public or not, but I would imagine that Marussia will share the results of their own inquiry with the other teams, or at least with the FIA who would then be able to update the regulations if required. (Just my opinion though.)

[Lib]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/101236