I think the MP4-12C GT3 driver thought he was far ahead of the BMW so he decided to go infront so the BMW could draft.. but he miscalculated and his rear quarter panel was on where the front right fender was to the BMW.. this is like a reason why u need more horsepower either from nitrous or more HP.. so cleaning pass takes a short amount of time instead of long
Actually, it looks like the Mclaren was trying to move left, probably thinking he allready cleared the bmw. Moving left there is not what he should be doing. I agree with J2MSaigon, the Mclaren driver should have waited half a second or have been much more on the right.
I don't agree. It was the responsibility of the mclaren to either wait 1 second and overtake on the left side (inside line on the next turn) like all drivers have done for 24 hours, or to take the inside line much more clearly to avoid the bmw.
@J2MSaigon The slowest car must maintain his driving line, it's up to the faster to decide where to overtake, and the McLaren was already next to the BMW when they crashed, so the BMW should have just stayed on the left. When a slower car is in front, the driver must use the turn signals (or whatever they are) to show on which side he is going to stay to prevent this type of accident. Either the BMW driver did not signa, so the McLaren driver took a risk, wither he wasn't aware of him.
my point exactly. the bmw was on the driving line (this is a right hand turn going downhill) and he was aiming correctly at the inside of the turn. Why did the passing car steer left to the outside?
@XcopeS the bmw HAS TO turn in, no car can stay parallel to the line there, it is a turn. It cannot disappear. The mclaren took the decision to overtake and should therefore stay as close to the right wall as possible. Or he should have waited. Or he should have passed to the left as he knows the bmw has to turn. Look at my other video. On the bus stop the maclaren overtook me + the 911 from the outside. Only worked because i avoided him. Looking for trouble. First lap of a 24H race!
@J2MSaigon I saw the other video, and I saw that the McLaren wasn't just overtaking, his exit of the corner was much faster, waiting would have mean braking, and why would he do that if he had the space and speed to do the overtake. Besides, he also had to go right, not just the BMW.
@MVdesign it's also clear to see the McLaren moving to the left. Strange, because lining up for Eau Rouge you need to be on the right side of the track. What was it doing there?
ah well, shit happens
plxplox94 3 weeks ago
What crash ?!?!?!?!?
pf12351 1 month ago
na bravo herr bmw fahrer
Racing15528 5 months ago
I think the MP4-12C GT3 driver thought he was far ahead of the BMW so he decided to go infront so the BMW could draft.. but he miscalculated and his rear quarter panel was on where the front right fender was to the BMW.. this is like a reason why u need more horsepower either from nitrous or more HP.. so cleaning pass takes a short amount of time instead of long
AntDX316 5 months ago
Kubisashi did that exact same thing to Hamilton moving to fast and got pitted
kingmjj321 6 months ago
I swear I so this track last week one formula one when louis Hamilton wrecked
kingmjj321 6 months ago
Why did you cut the video so early, I wanted to see te car going through the Eau Rouge
shafoz 6 months ago
looks like both moved into each other. but the mclaren was a little ahead and shouldnt have turned left because then what we saw happens.
cardude1992 6 months ago
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AntDX316 6 months ago
wait... Is this the first MP4 GT3 crash?
Aventadorfan10 7 months ago
dick move on the bmw's part
deadleg6 7 months ago
gotta be joking the bmw hit the mclaren, clearly it was the mclaren fault moving into the line too fast without clearing the bmw 1st
but why he wana cut in so fast anyway, a weird move indeed
ahwai82 7 months ago
What were you thinking as this happened?
Ex77Thruxton 7 months ago
It is a Dodge Viper GT3
vatabotpov 7 months ago
what's the brand of the onboard car ?
nicolaz1357 7 months ago
Actually, it looks like the Mclaren was trying to move left, probably thinking he allready cleared the bmw. Moving left there is not what he should be doing. I agree with J2MSaigon, the Mclaren driver should have waited half a second or have been much more on the right.
alfarom101 7 months ago 18
I don't care about the accident, it was his own fold.
But what a unbelieveble sound this car makes!
AutoJuniorBelgium 7 months ago
I am really impressed to see how calm Jean-Marc Merlin is when he goes through the carbonfiber bits of Mac Laren. No drama at all.
Congratulations to him again and to the GCR Team who finished the race at a good 26th place overall !
vatabotpov 7 months ago
you can clearly see the bmw move into the McLaren.
That's a scary accident.
I was standing in the grandstand right above the crash.
MVdesign 7 months ago
@MVdesign
I don't agree. It was the responsibility of the mclaren to either wait 1 second and overtake on the left side (inside line on the next turn) like all drivers have done for 24 hours, or to take the inside line much more clearly to avoid the bmw.
J2MSaigon 7 months ago 23
@J2MSaigon The slowest car must maintain his driving line, it's up to the faster to decide where to overtake, and the McLaren was already next to the BMW when they crashed, so the BMW should have just stayed on the left. When a slower car is in front, the driver must use the turn signals (or whatever they are) to show on which side he is going to stay to prevent this type of accident. Either the BMW driver did not signa, so the McLaren driver took a risk, wither he wasn't aware of him.
XcopeS 6 months ago
@XcopeS
my point exactly. the bmw was on the driving line (this is a right hand turn going downhill) and he was aiming correctly at the inside of the turn. Why did the passing car steer left to the outside?
J2MSaigon 6 months ago
@J2MSaigon Watch how BMW drives parallel to the left side on the track then he moves away from it and hits the McLaren. Who hit who?
XcopeS 6 months ago
@XcopeS the bmw HAS TO turn in, no car can stay parallel to the line there, it is a turn. It cannot disappear. The mclaren took the decision to overtake and should therefore stay as close to the right wall as possible. Or he should have waited. Or he should have passed to the left as he knows the bmw has to turn. Look at my other video. On the bus stop the maclaren overtook me + the 911 from the outside. Only worked because i avoided him. Looking for trouble. First lap of a 24H race!
J2MSaigon 6 months ago
@J2MSaigon I saw the other video, and I saw that the McLaren wasn't just overtaking, his exit of the corner was much faster, waiting would have mean braking, and why would he do that if he had the space and speed to do the overtake. Besides, he also had to go right, not just the BMW.
XcopeS 6 months ago
@J2MSaigon I agree, been racing on this track in iRacing for a long time (it´s laserscanned) and the mclaren driver clearly was at fault here.
It turns right more then you think and downhill together with very highspeeds despite the relatively slow exit speeds out of La Source
GeneralRushHour 3 months ago
@MVdesign You can clearly see the McLaren move into the BMW
Racecarwrecks 7 months ago
@MVdesign it's also clear to see the McLaren moving to the left. Strange, because lining up for Eau Rouge you need to be on the right side of the track. What was it doing there?
robinVerdegaal 7 months ago
@MVdesign Mate get real, even the driver of the Viper filming this says the Mclaren moved in on the BMW... read his commentary.
jeffdaharper 7 months ago