Mika Hakkinen crashes his Mclaren into the barrier in qualifying. Gp australia 95. He was in coma for some time.
Recovering from this severe crash and going on to fully regaining his confidence an...
Mika Hakkinen crashes his Mclaren into the barrier in qualifying. Gp australia 95. He was in coma for some time. Recovering from this severe crash and going on to fully regaining his confidence and speed, becoming world champion twice (1998, 1999).
hristoitchov wrote: Mika owes his life to the two expert medics that luckily happened to be very close to the site of crash and attended Hakkinen before his brain ran completely out of oxygen to become permanently damaged or dead because that was what was happening. He couldn't breathe, he had swallowed his tongue, they punctured his trachea to deal with that. Of course Watkins took over after but that happened some minutes later and by then Mika was already out of danger.
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Look at the car, the damage isnt big, that shows that the car did not absorb the impact, if you use a 2008 car without hans, the car will dissolve the impact by crashing its front wing and nose.
Of cos, HANS is also responsible for todays safety standards.
This crash still affects his speech. He was speaking way more fluently before this. You will notice it, if you look his interviews before and after the crash.
Technically, he DID die in this crash. Twice. Chief Medical officer Sid Watkins had to restart his heart twice and perform a tracheotomy at the trackside before he went to hospital. Probably the closest F1 has come to a death, outside of testing, since Senna. Kubica's crash was bad but it's a testament to modern safety measures that he came out relatively unscathed.
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He was unconcious for 24 hours.
Of cos, HANS is also responsible for todays safety standards.
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Probably the closest F1 has come to a death, outside of testing, since Senna. Kubica's crash was bad but it's a testament to modern safety measures that he came out relatively unscathed.