Firman crash

[CombsBerim]

He was lucky that he survived thank god.Can you imagine the impact he suffered if this happened in the 90's or 80's.I don't know what fate he holds then.Safety in F1 has been their top priority and technologies of today that help the motorsport today it is.

[Kurac80]

So pathetic to see only few 5 second videos of this crash Where the hell is the long version with much better resolution??!!!! Anyone, anyone!!!! puuujj

[EpicChrissy]

First thought: Rear wing fall off. Not that bad...

Second: Holy shit!

[theclashe]

What exellent cameraman, he did not miss the action

[buffett1000]

I went to school with him, Gresham's, Holt, Norfolk. He was a decent bloke.

[PIEDEDIPIOMB0]

"WOW, the car feel fsteeeeeeee........" SBAM!

[PhoenixFirebreath]

if rear winf falls off at high speed, crashes are epic. most time.

[firmancbms]

i'm firman :/

[MrPifta]

This was indeed a lucky crash, because this allowed Baumgartner to get the seat.

[defaultoasis]

where's ralph firman now? he's no longer racing in super gt for ARTA. retired?

[gp4f2008]

Did he die?



[numayoda]

@gp4f2008 no, no died. leg broken

[MrNoelhurley]

HOLY SHIT THAT WAS SOME CRASH LOL!!!!!

[regliaa]

look at the fuckin journalist near the wall, hey people car is crashing with huge speed few meters from you... imagine some part goes off straight on them...

[danthemanpatrick]

Was it in Canada in 2010 that Kobayashi's front wing got knocked off by someone? I forget who knocked it off. I do remember that after that happened, he had exactly zero say in what direction the car was going to go. Amazing how everything is dependant upon everything else in an F1 car.

[ursuss100]

@danthemanpatrick I remember of Kamui Kobayashi's Sauber losing its front wing in Australia. The car then went straight in the grass, missed corner number 3, then t-boned another car and ended in the gravel.

[danthemanpatrick]

@ursuss100 Oh, perhaps that's what I was thinking of.

[Racecarwrecks]

Um... ouch?

[ursuss100]

omg the whole armco+tirewall was bent by the force of the impact O-o that really was a nasty one

[opfalcon]

I Can remember this, Ralph was very lucky to go into that barrier sideways, head on it might have been a different story!

[Neitschel]

The 2003 Jordan somehow reminds me to their beauty of '97

[ursuss100]

Same corner where Massa got knocked out by the spring ?

[Barnakos]

@ursuss100 Yes it is... Hungaroring

[tigershoot]

@ursuss100

Yes same place as the wing failure is about the exactly where Massa was hit by the errant spring. Never seen this video before.

[holden0001]

what year was this?

[NoahAdams9]

@AbrahamBoner What about Burti Irvine Spa 2001??

[pompebak]

I knew it was a big one, but this big

wow

[Luchingador]

this is the 2011 moveable rear wing rule?

[TheMrchrisevansno2]

@Luchingador yes they can adjust it its on the fia offical webstie

[amokachi31]

@Luchingador this is "re"-movable win. moveable wing is another subject.

[WatanukiF1]

MY LORD... that was HUGE

[AbrahamBoner]

This is by far the scariest F1 crash i have ever seen post 70's. The fact he survived.... its stupifying!

[kikecacique]

Hungaroring. Corner 4

[wischM0B]

did he dead?

[xMatt16]

@wischM0B no

[wischM0B]

@xMatt16 did he death?

[xMatt16]

@wischM0B no he's still alive 

[themomentone]

@wischM0B geiles englisch.. haha

[93icemanx]

@wischM0B nope

[Scwirul]

100 - 0 mph in just 0.1 seconds.

[rdtli]

THIS ONE PROBABLY HAVE HURTED....OUCH

[Playster3]

Imagine if it were a concrete wall there instead of the tire wall!Then this crash would´ve been fatal for sure!

[Patrik950211]

Hungaroring! :)

I see this on the tribune! Terrible crash..:S

[driller007]

OUCH

[TheAcidEiffel]

* Pop* .. off goes his wing

[Jc21615]

Holy shit...

[X24RIDER]

Horrible crash !!!!! Firman was very lucky to walk away from that one.

Shame he wasn't in F1 for a few more seasons :(

[giurassosaurus]

Amazing one!

when the rear wing flies away at that speed , you have only time to say goodbye.

[pvtdangles]

webber said that when this happened to him in a minardi in 02' down the main straight in catalunya , he thought the crew in the pits had changed something on two way telemetry and found an extra 100bhp .. until he hit the brakes and wooshka

[quasiphatpaul]

@pvtdangles It's funny that's how he mentioned it feeling because when I race people on rfactor online I had a similar thing happen. I was racing an 09 f1 mod versus some people at monaco and somebody rear ended me in the slow corner before the pit straight and i didnt feel it. I passed 3 people down the pit straight thinking "wankers must have geared wrong" then went to break for that first turn and ate shit hard. lol i know video games don't compare but its just so similar.

[KOSTAS22R]

Thats the same place Felipe Massa crashed this year! Ouch.

[ArDeZe]

If rear ring falls off the game is over.

[andrewgriffiths78]

2003 Hungarian GP. Wasn't this during free practice?. I know the crash injured him and he didn't take part in the race itself

[Tobiiimnrw]

It is not Brazil, it is Hungary

[464luigi]

ouch

[TheOnlyOneTM]

I played a F1 game in computer, and when your rear ring falls off, you spin easily

[Palelevapure]

Ofcourse you spin easily , There's no grip because the downforce

[andyinsing]

2003

[hammersandirons1001]

LOL

[powerbacke]

no he didn't

[Razor0909]

ok god bless

[Kebekkus]

blendend die kurve erwischt

[Razor0909]

jaja kurve nach links er lenkt gemütlich nach rechts :)

den muss man mal fragen was bei dem los ist

[bubi8894]

@Razor0909 das auto ist nach rechts ausgeschert, weil es vor der linkskurve nach rechts geht *facepalm*

[Viscigliacompeticion]

hahaha fucking downforce

[jotadani86]

Shit...

[Khips]

I remember watching this, it was scary.

[tom2812]

Holy crap! I'd forgotten just how bad this was.

[nortsoldier]

poor jrdan they had such an unlucky time from 2000 onwards

[dazcouz]

Apart from Brazil 2003 :-)

Really miss Jordan and Minardi though

[rdtli]

this kind of failure , killed so many in times.

rolf stomellen in 75 montjuich park , 5 spectators and him out o f sport for months , roland ratzenberger , and should be others that i do not remember know , i think this , a suspension failure and a blown tire , are the most scary thing that can happen to a race driver , hug from brasil

[CrackNick]

his rear wing came off. not a suspension failure or blown tire.

[rdtli]

i know , i m telling that this failure together with suspension or a blown tire are the most scary thing to happen to a race driver , hug

[thelostlibertine]

no he was using examples of what were the most scary causes of an accident not talking about this accident per sé

[IceBreaker832]

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! -thunk-

[nufcdazzla]

Nasty one that, they're always scary ones those where the rear wing flies off.

Great to see he recovered from it.

[porsche911gt3]

Fuck..that impact was hard

[Kellottaja93]

Et vittu osaa GH:ta soittaa vitun ääliö. Mee sen poikaystäväs luo itkemään.

[tasha613560161]

but did he crash

[Kellottaja93]

Lol. Paska. Ihan homo video

[tasha613560161]

firman had a crash at hungary when his wing falled off did he die

[edkev94]

He did not die. As far as i know he's racing for Ireland in A1 GP. Maybe I'm wrong though.

[Willbutler]

if he had died it would have been national news, he s in A1GP now

[NialoF2]

Not anymore, Adam Carroll races for Ireland now

[curti1991]

FAIL

[DaPsychoBoy]

lol

[jorc94]

Supposedly he thought that the engine was cutting out, so he pushed and this was the outcome. =(

[AhBen567]

he didn't notice his rear wing fell off... but who would expect that?

[aussiebattler85]

The first time he would've realised the wing fell off was when he touched the brakes.

[jordanf1king]

whow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!