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      05-03-2020, 03:05 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by racerbruce View Post
Motorsport can be so intoxicating when driver and machine are one with each other and on the limit....and motorsport can be so very horrible....

There are very few sporting events where it can go so terribly wrong for the driver....and others.
The raised banking in that spot at Monza in '61 was completely wrong with the spectators on top making the race organisers believe it was safe for some reason.
They had no idea that it could launch an out of control car like an aircraft and what made it worse was the wreck was spinning like a pendulum going through the air through the crowd compounding the injuries on casualties and with what I can see von Trips' body thrown out the car onto the track with cars bearing down... truly a nightmarish scene.
It is not dissimilar to the '55 Le Mans horror when an out of control Jaguar was also spinning through spectators after losing control.
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