Formula 3000 crash at Nürburgring

This is a crash of Dino Morelli on the Nürburgring in the year 1997.
This video is unfortunately without sound.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Formula
• 3000
• Formel
• Nürburgring
• Dino
• Morelli
• Crash
• Accident
• Unfall
• 1997

[F1carlo]

I thought he was dead. A terrible accident.

[Bretzi2006]

nope, he survived that accident

[KeeperOfTheKitten]

I also think long asphalt run-offs wouldn't help in this instance with the stuck throttle (also a symptom of the front end damage I would imagine, possibly a piece of structural material caught in the pedal end of the cable, these cars would certainly have a cable throttle).

[deabreu]

@arthur11199 só se mortos mexerem os pés

[kimi450]

ALL HAIL THE TYRE WALL FOR SAVING HIM !!

[arthur11199]

he is die?ele ta morto?

[carlos17163]

que pancada



[jbracer86]

Stuck Throttle?

[KeeperOfTheKitten]

@reptongeek Yes indeed, a stuck throttle - you can see the wheels spinning long after the impact - until the marshall pulls the engine kill switch by the roll hoop. I feel this is one of the worst kinds of accident for a driver to experience, knowing there is little he can do to stop the car (it has been mentioned before that it would be possible to switch off but the natural reaction is to try and brake even though the car has no front wheels) - Dino had many seconds to envisage the impact.

[TheVolution1234]

0:22 you can see his legs moving xD did he break them or someting? :P

[reptongeek]

@KeeperOfTheKitten I'm not surprised he had a stuck throttle, he went through the guardrail as if it wasn't there, much like Allan McNish in Japanese Qualfying in 2002

[RandomnessInside]

omg that was f**king fast and his legs came out of the cockpit O.O

[chainsore]

new underpants please !