Audi R18 TDI #3 - Le Mans 2011 - Crash Alan McNish SlowMo

[TheBlueTiger57]

i thought it was suposed to be super light weight but they were clearly having trouble flipping it over

[AnnoyingTheTriangle]

You guys comment on reactions of folks but realize this video is slow motion.

[belgref]

every LeMans Race is a different feeling or sensation, I love Lemans Race Its killing the waiting time, next 2012

[ThieuMusic]

Who are those two at 0:50 ? They look very relieved.

[t3hroOf]

@ThieuMusic It's the Audi motorsports chief director, Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich on the right, i don't know the name of the guy on the left.

[spicyd2]

i could have sworn these were ferraris of paganis

[UNFRGVN]

@spicyd2 nope, those other two cars up front were 911's

[MrEvad3]

That car worked perfectly, I know this sounds stupid but when a car crashes like that and looks like it tears itself apart, its absorbing the impact. That means less G on the driver, and the drivers compartment is built much tougher so as you see it stays intact and keeps the driver safe, well done Audi

[silvamini]

whether mcnish was there or not the ferrari was breaking the rules, he clearly holds up the other audi!

[LF0]

In-fuckin-sane

[Lazerusman1]

its the ferraris fault. You can see that he wanders right to take the gt2 line through the corner but Mcnish was already commited to that point on the track.

Rules state the if a GT 2 is in front and is trying to be passed by an GT1 or proto that they must not do anything but hold there line and not do anything out of the ordinary.

It is then up to the faster car to make his way through as he sees fit.

[codxsum41xnfs]

@Lazerusman1 I saw the interview of the Ferrari driver he said that he saw only the one Audi behind him so when he looked back to the track to turn into the corner ahead the 2nd Audi had come out of nowhere and into the corner as well.

[friedwishes]

i need all that safety in my car. wow. lots of lucky people there today.

[rastamees]

AUDI safety !!!

[Laurent789744]

Audi R18 TDI #3 - Le Mans 2011 - Crash Alan McNish SlowMo

Heavy accident by Alan McNish within the first Hour of the Race. ( poison001.blogspot.com

[fapsqpz]

wow the guy in blue on 0:15 is not even watching like yeah there's a crash happening I'll take a look later lol

[psychomotorsocial]

@fapsqpz - the fact that he (or she) didn't care was his/her luck - stop walkin would have meant be hitted from the falling wheel !!! I think she was a woman - too much slow reactions!

[noworriesdom]

There is a photographer in blue walking away. He must have ear protection in because he does't even flinch.. then a wheel lands a few meters away (probably looks closer than it is). Scary stuff. Glad everyone seems ok.

[ARAtrainingVideos]

The safety car is out for the next hour!

[aqinthe]

It's amazing the car didn't jump the baracade and kill someone.

[lolli952]

Right now i just thinkin ; How could this happend, and why is ferrari isnt disqualified from Le Mans 2011?

[blixtenkarting]

@lolli952 it wasn't the ferraris fault its the faster cars responsibility to pass the slow car in a safe way, this crash was just a race incident that shows how hard it is tu juge distance and speed of another car

[lolli952]

@blixtenkarting Yeah but anyway, the farrari should let the Audi # 1 overtake and it didnt. this accident wouldt happend if the ferrari unobserved the Le Mans rules

[HuggormSWE]

@lolli952 actually, the leader audi realize the dangerous situation and decide to wait and overtake when it's safe. mcnish was in 2nd, and was only 1st position 1 second. the ferrari cannot be blamed for this in any way, as he saw before the corner that the audi backed off, from there the ferrari had very limited view through his rear view mirror. mcnish came out of nowhere and took both out. lucky nobody got hurt.

[lolli952]

@HuggormSWE But the rules says that smaller classes should let bigger classes come transient

[united19times]

surprised no-one on the other side of the barier was injured

[HCHalexfan]

how is he still alvive in a car that isn't even a car anymore

[mackinl]

thanks for posting.

[mongoosemuffin]

Good thing that Audi switched to closed cockpit this year.