Here's An LMP1 Car Back-Flipping Just After Eau Rouge
The Eau Rouge/Raidillon complex at Spa-Francorchamps (Eau Rouge is the kink at the bottom, Raidillon is the steep uphill bit) is one of motorsport’s scariest corner pairings. If something goes wrong here, it’s probably going to be a big one, and it’s definitely not somewhere you’d want to have a Mercedes CLR-style back-flip.
That’s what happened to Matevos Isaakyan at last weekend’s 6 Hours of Spa though - after straying into the runoff area, the front-end of his SMP Racing BR1 lifted, triggering a terrifying airborne moment. TV cameras hmissed the incident, but this scary fan-shot footage has since emerged on YouTube.
Fortunately, Isaakyan escaped injury. The race was won by Fernando Alonso meanwhile, on his World Endurance Championship debut.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Reminds me of the crash with the GTR in 2012 at Flugplatz, Nürburgring where one spectator was killed
Well at least gaskings is gone so he won’t make a can’t touch this video with this
“Uhm i think there is a problem with th car.”
“is?”
“Im flipping”
“Riiiiiiiiiiight”
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Yo, I bet Dude Perfect can do the same thing, except they also shoot 20 basketballs into a hoop with their feet
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I don’t think many jokes should be made about this. If this happened 40 years ago someone could’ve died. We should instead be thankful that safety is as good as it is.
How does this happen ? Obviously it’s due to aerodynamics but can anyone explain it to me ?
oh boy this looks painful oof
Red Bull gives you wings…