Natacha Gachnang crashes & breaks her leg in Abu Dhabi GT1 2010

[supramonster]

both brakes failure? then explain the immense amount of tyre smoke.

[abbiesaxmax44]

'Professional race driver' is someone who GETS PAID to race because they are talented. Someone who PAYS TO RACE and is completely talentless will do stupid things like this. Hows about chucking the money my way??

[byrnz35]

Wow! Was she ok???

[Mxdude737]

stupid bitch

[Gareth147Racer]

what kind of professional racer makes a rookie mistake like putting both feet on the accelerator and brake at the same time..?

[urmo345]

worst racing crashes are so often caused by mechanical failures, they come unexpected and are often uncontrollable.

[ekietido]

"and the fact she accidentally put her feet on the accelerator & brake at the same time." - EPIC... first thing that they teach in carting...I bet she was shopping when they tought that.

[guert2000]

well, its kind of weird for a professionlla driver to hit both pedal at the same time...you can see the engine running like hell and brakes trying to deal with that... thats a fail for her(at least for this time).

[playingbass45]

Looks an awful lot like Michael Schumacher's Silverstone crash in 1999.

[Nitrousx]

female drivers....jk she raced 24 hour of lemans 2010 and she's been racing since age of 9..

but she was definetly flooring it damn lol she was flying

[pearl571]

HOLY SHIT THAT IS A BIG ONE.

[shadowort2287]

If she's braking n flooring at the same thing the rear brakes r not going to slow the wheels down lol. N if indeed the rear brakes where not working then she's just made the whole thing worse lol. N those cars don't have abs lol

[MrRonin45enator]

ABS?

[nihiliz]

"It was caused by both rear brakes failing and the fact she accidentally put her feet on the accelerator & brake at the same time." Reason why females shouldent race. not sexist...just dont have "brains"

[sford01]

@rockplannet1 Commentators at the 24 hours of Le Mans said she was doing 130mph upon impact.

[foxtrotalphaone]

Same thing happened to MS back in '99. When that happened they said it was probably career ending.  I hope Natasha's has Schumacher's luck.

[damonsmedley1]

Did the camera operator survive?

[rockplannet1]

@damonsmedley1 He suffered a broken nose but was otherwise fine.

[kaimelis]

@rockplannet1 there was a camera man and he didn't backed away?

[gigybeast]

how the fuck did she not notice she was pressing both pedals at the same time!.....that was just down right dangerous, if she is pulling mistakes like that she shouldn't be behind the wheel of a car on the road let alone a race car that can do 190 mph +

[TheChodenocker]

what speed is she doing at impact?

[zonda82]

get well soon Natacha Gachnang :o/

[g0ing2n0where]

A dissapointed start to the season for her, but what a start of the year for American Manufacturers getting a 1-2-3 to start the season =D

[rockplannet1]

Shame it happened in the first ever GT1 race too. Picture it - You get everything ready for your first ever season in GT1... and you break both legs in the first race & will have to miss the rest of the year.

[A7XEternalSoldier]

@rockplannet1 She didn't break both legs; she did however, have a double compound fracture in her right leg. But then again, with those GT1 cars reaching speeds of 170+mph its a wonder that's all that happened to her.

[HiddenWingz]

@rockplannet1 Then she was trapped in the car fire during LeMans. She was still recovering, because you saw her limping away. Must have been scary, heard her mentioned in a sport review so came to have a look.

[bytilmo]

the important thing is that she didn´t die! regardless of anything else, that´s the important thing

[kickslop]

"... she started braking as normal. A leak was reported in the rear brake circuit which required Gachnang to press back hard on the brake.

When putting pressure on the brake pedal Gachnang's foot also pressed the accelerator pedal. The front brake circuit continued to function correctly but the combination of factors led to Gachnang failing to negotiate the corner and going down the escape road, the team confirmed."

[thestigisagod]

she braked but nothing happened then went bck on the brakes and she stood on the throttel at the same time thats why she didnt slow down. unlucky caus shes not a bad driver

[slickymetal]

it wasnt her fault. she can drive awesome. it was the car that was acting up. ur just jealous shes in the race and ur not

[turd4me]

This is what happens when women drive outside the kitchen.

[DRFTmonkeh]

@turd4me that would be funny if this wasnt professional racing and she didn't get seriously injured. so fuck you

[turd4me]

@DRFTmonkeh Shit man, don't thumbs down me aye. Was just messin around.

[zimap2007]

@turd4me I will keep giving people like you thumbs down for their posts. Do you think you can drive better than her? Hardly. Why is it so important for you to humiliate women? Because a more intelligent woman than you humiliated you? (I am not a woman BTW).

[puredrifter]

you dumbasses, she's actually a rather good driver. this accident was due to COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE on the rear circuit, in effect giving her nearly 100% front brake bias.

ignorant sexist fucks, you shits.

[jeremyjts]

@puredrifter

Wrong.

Team reports she got her feet muddled up and was on the accelerator and brake at the same time. This is backed up by datalogging.

[jeremyjts]

Just to add to my previous comment as it may seem slightly misleading; there had been a hydraulic leak that was already known - this was far from a complete brake failure.

[GamerSpencer]

@puredrifter agreed

Most of these comments are put by idiots who wouldn't have a hope of earning that kind of money or driving those kinds of cars. she's worked hard to get where she is... good on her!

[fairlanejay]

@puredrifter its been a year, but got news for you, according to the matech website there was a rear brake failure, but due to fact she hit both the gas pedal and brake at same time is why u see all the smoke,the crew chief said the front brakes would have been sufficient to stop her in time. After she recovered she wrecked the GT1 again several months later, they then let her go...

[TheEgg185]

@puredrifter the annotation says "AND the fact that he put his feet on the accelerator and the brake at the same time". I wonder why the brakes broke...

[hoppus37]

What a waste of a Ford GT

[goatseforever]

Women drivers.

[rollingwith24s]

@goatseforever

pshh, I know right?

[zimap2007]

@goatseforever thumbs down to you, she is a better driver than you, no doubt

[manel88]

She is cousin of Buemi which have a similar accident

[Arai4lpinestars]

@manel88 quite the irony, huh.

[swingAE86]

godddamn

[Tobiiimnrw]

D'OH! GET WELL SOON

[Treetop64]

Let's see:

Wheels cranked full left. Smoking tires from locked brakes. Looks like someone forgot to slow down for that fast-approaching slow corner...

Terrible about her legs, but at least she won't have a chance to kill anyone during the race.

[maxe1]

@Treetop64 cool story bro

[zimap2007]

@Treetop64 How arrogant, she is a better driver than you and you wouldn't complete a lap in her car. You are jeleaous.