Would you rather have seen him slide at high speed into the wall there, and possibly injured or killed, considering the speeds, had that area not had a gravel trap? The roll notwithstanding, the gravel trap saved his life, end of story.

There’s no gravel traps there. Maybe had there been, and also safer barriers (obviously these weren’t around back then), the crash would have been a more survivable one or even prevented.

There have been instances where gravel traps failed, most notably Jules Bianchi’s fatal crash, the Grand-Am Camaro at Road America in 2011, and many instances where cars just completely soar over the gravel traps. My solution would be inclined gravel traps so they get deeper the father from the track you get. This…

True, but the gravel trap took the force of the car landing and stopped it from tumbling even more. I mean look at the spray of gravel from the landing (the dark spray pattern from the landing point differs from the lighter undisturbed gravel).

Do you mean “Why can’t they attach it to the shoulder guard?”

To all those saying the halos would not have helped or would have trapped him, let me remind you that no halo design had been chosen for the cars officially. Plus many prototype designs have called for a hinge to make egress in emergencies easier.

Closed-cockpit racecars such as GT cars or Touring cars and NASCARS,…

Drivers of closed cockpit GT race-cars would like to reiterate that they get out just fine from cars on fire.

a gravel trap certainly would’ve slowed the car down, instead of that slippery pavement. Pavement does nothing for safety, and SAFER barriers do work, but may still hurt (after all, there’s a metal section that the car actually makes contact with).

Gravel trap stopped Fernando Alonso earlier this morning, had that…

I give this aerial performance three 5.0s (out of 10). Fernando’s crash... 10s...

I wonder if an inclined gravel trap would have stopped the car. As you know, pavement doesn’t have much friction compared to a gravel trap... plus gravel traps have give, unlike a paved run-off which is all cemented together and rigid.

That was my dad and mine’s reaction as well. Then the camera switched to the ground camera and when we saw the mangled wreck up close for the first time, our jaws just dropped and we fell silent. It was the first time i really felt scared for the driver’s safety since Jules Bianchi passed.

Or maybe it’s the Meyrick Curse. He was at the wheel when the DeltaWang penetrated the rear of a stalled Prototype Challenge car at Daytona, and at the wheel today when his ride had a premature... something...

“i stayed up till 3 in the morning for THIS?!” was the general mindset amongst the east coast USA...

I’m having deja vu, it’s Petit Le Mans all over again!

I have ACME stores near me... no word on what they sell though... I was thinking of calling them for a pallet of rocket shoes and dynamite.

Some people just wanna watch the world burn... This woman probably has very little driving skills in the wet, then sits on the car waiting for rescue JUST because she doesn’t want to get her feet (or anything) wet... Just like people would rather call AAA to fix their flat tire than do it themselves. I’m like, “A tow…

Wait... if Kingfisher is defunct, how are they still sponsoring Force India?!

And wait... Indian Grand Prix this year?!

The Formula E race is being rebroadcast on Fox Sports 1 at 4:30pm EST (basically, immediately after the FS2 broadcast).

Ugh, this is sad news... I liked seeing him come to Lime Rock Park and race near me. I’m glad I got his autograph when I had the chance.

I know, i know, being a motorsport driver takes you away from your family for months at a time, but I was hoping that he’d at least try and go for a GT win at Le Mans after his 2nd…

Any word on what GT spec will be used? By that i mean, is it going to be “Near-GT3 spec”? Near meaning FIA’s GT3 specs are based on cars with engines, so near-gt3 spec would be equivalent bodywork, safety, and overall performance...

Yes, but had the Hellcat owner not done so, he wouldn’t have heard the discussion about the valets trying to joyride in it. This is evidence that could be used to fire these guys and hire some REAL valets.