Impact on head crashed Jules Bianchi was huge

Posted on 23-07-2015 at 15:13 by sir_smokalot – 37 Comments”

The last week deceased F1 driver Jules Bianchi hit during his crash at Suzuka the salvage crane with a maximum impact of 254 G. This made the FIA today in an interim message is known.

These values are equivalent to 254 times the weight of helmet plus head. Or as veiligheidscommissaris Andy Mellor of the FIA puts it: “as if you were a car from 48 metres without crumple zone on the ground.”

213 km/h

The lurid details mention that Bianchi with a speed of 213 km/h at double yellow from the runway shot, and the crane 2,61 seconds later, with 126 km/h hit. A roof on the car would not have helped: commissioner Peter Wright says that Bianchi’s head in that case, not the faucet, but the roof hit would have, with the same outcome.

1 minute of silence

Prior to the race in Hungary this weekend for Bianchi, a minute of silence be observed. Earlier it was announced that his race number 17 in the future is not used anymore. Bianchi’s death was the first in a race weekend since 1994, when both Ratzenberger as Senna died in Italy.