Old F1 car crash test (Brabham BT50, 1982)

[urmo345]

poor dummy...it had basal skull fracture

[gokartmaster14]

whiplash

[kimi450]

Whats the speed

[steflotti105]

that is officially the end of that dummys neck lol

[0mani0]

= Basilla skull fracture. Deadh within minutes.

Hans unit is a life saver!

[lateboy4]

Watch how he opens the visor... like thats gonna help!!... Idiot !

[watchika2]

@lateboy4 I think it's funny how you think that's an actual person in the car.

[McLarenMercedes]

@lateboy4

Please tell us you don't actually think it's a real person in a crash test?? Geez...

[seapeddler]

Excellent winter car.

[FanDeAlguersuari]

very insafe

[turborota]

why the hell didnt we have hahns then? it just seems so obvious

[almostfm]

@turborota A couple of thoughts (and I'm not trying to be a smart you know what):

A lot of stuff seems obvious once it's been developed, but somebody's got to think of it first.

Also, "safety" isn't a a single thing, it's a process, and improving one piece of the puzzle just shows where the next weak link is. Before the late 70's, fire was a serious problem in open wheel racing. One thing that helped was moving the fuel tank to the center of the car, but that pushed the driver forward (con't)

[almostfm]

That caused a lot of foot injuries, because the front of the car wasn't strong enough

They added crushable structures to the front of the car, stiffened the bulkhead in front of the driver's feet, and the leg injuries decreased. The added stiffness transferred more force to the driver, and we started having basal skull fractures.

The HANS helped tremendously with the skull fractures, but we'll soon see the next weak link, and fix it, and people will ask why didn't we fix that problem sooner.

[memberHD]

@turborota partly because hindsight is a wonderful thing and partly because materials didn't exist that made it possible

[DeanoTheLegend87]

so is there no word in German for "Crash Test"?

[DeanoTheLegend87]

so is there no word in German for "Crash Test"?

[dude2106]

damn hes neck must hurt! He probably wouldn't survive with a neck injury like that! Good HANS is here now to protect their necks.

[mustanguy77]

Medic!

[myronferrarifreak]

That's a broken leg :o

[vector6977]

wouldn't even feel it cause your head would be separated from your spine. Just ask #3.

[schuey7wc]

or two!! and what ever else is broken!

[Fidelis94]

that's more than a broken leg, have you got the eyes? Its head almost came off!

[sschlappkohl]

and neck

[jraybay]

Lol....you can see his shoulders jees D:

[schuey7wc]

the car doesnt have the body cover on it, thats why it looks a little exposed

[Fidelis94]

yes and I thing that with the cover on it, the bodywork wouldn't be so much taller...

It makes me think about the poor Senna's neck. They were very brave to race in such unsafe cars...

[EatmyDust1311]

damn, only the germans would think to do that!

[weallfollowmanutd]

this car didnt have 1000hp, more like 550-600hp, and it was aluminium. The cars that had 1000hp at last had carbon tubs.

[schuey7wc]

557-640hp actually but yeah your right on the mark....770 in 84, 850 in 85 and so on

[weallfollowmanutd]

Now that kind of crash would have at least guarranteed smashed legs. If you look at where the crash stops, and consider that the drivers feet were forward from the centerline of the front wheels, its horrirble to imagine the aftermath.

[cragster101]

not to mention him snapping his neck.

[art2000cc]

What about his bloody head! 1000bhp machines and they drove them fearless.

[flavioricci1989]

Yes, it's a Brabham BT50-1, 1982

[deggis4]

thanks

[whattheheck1000]

This was pre-1994, maybe 1980?

[keiwata262]

My german is very very crappy but I can hear the reporter saying it was done in 1985.

[dermaddin85]

he says 1985, thats right.

but he means that since then crash tests were periodically performed

[subzero92MK]

look at his neck

[aure232]

yup, basal skull fracture!

[stowe07]

thats scary, then look at nows cars

[keytek9]

the leg is gone

[RedneckBart]

Since the death of Senna & Ratzenberger in 1994, F1 has taken big steps in the name of safety with their cars.

F1 cars have been the safest race cars to drive since 1994. No deaths or major driver fatalities. Unfortunately, I can't say the same thing about NASCAR, IRL, CART or WRC.

[FormulaOneSpy]

Well, F1 also uses the safest (and often, dullest) circuits in the world.

[RedneckBart]

Yes, some of the circuits are pretty boring or run by third world countries & dictators.

But there's a lot of exciting ones too, like Spa, Monaco, Singapore, Melbourne, etc. F1 stills remains one of the most watched sports in the world, outside of the Olympics or the World Cup.

[aure232]

NASCAR is pretty safe now

[Amer791]

0:06 snapped neck

[tubesukscantgeta]

I was going to say the same thing.

[frostbaracudas]

he is ok. just without legs

[WeAllGonnaDieAlive]

i can assure u he broke his neck or atleast damaged it badly and got handicaped.

[dombou70]

You cannot break your neck in a forward impact of any velocity.

[BlindingAddiction]

WeAllGonnaDieAlive - you DO know that was just a crash TEST right? therefore it is not a person in the car? lol

[joman66]

NO HANS DEVICE INVENTED AT THE TIME lol

[MSx91]

God bless HANS.

[GMminivans9968]

Wow! Not too bad!

[balivyta]

poor neck

[vymetenec]

speed?

[joejoe133]

stopped pretty quick and calm so 40mph

[alexkvaskov]

what is the point of testing an f1 car at 40?

they go up to 5 times faster than that

[deekox1]

So what is the point of testing f1 at 140mph since we know that car will be almost totaly destroyed?

[alexkvaskov]

f1 cars new ones at least can save their drivers at crashes of 200 mph

[r00sh]

maybe if they leave the track at 200, not if they hit a concrete wall at 200. doesnt matter how well the car is built. wall + 100+mph = death.

[alexkvaskov]

well new tracks are built with a special energy absorbing barrier that is very stiff, yet when hit at the speeds that formula 1 cars travel at, it crumples and absorbs a huge part of the energy. a 100mph crash into that kind of barrier is survivable for a formula 1 car