Justin Wilson in coma after debris hits him in head (update - rip)

[rage2]

1:16 mark is where you see his head hit a flying nosecone, which sent it 60ft in the air. Was a passenger at that point and crashed into the wall. Airlifted to hospital, in coma. Watched it unfold this afternoon near the end of the race, reminds me of the Massa accident where the tiny spring to the head nearly killed him. Get well soon Justin.

[mikestypes]

Just finished watching the race. I don't think it will be a good outcome as the nose cone is a beefy piece to hit. Any idea what it weighs?

[cloud7]

I hope he pulls through but I agree that it is not looking good with a piece that big... He would have slowed down slightly because Sage Karam's crash would have brought out the yellows... but they are still going pretty quick and a nose cone is probably not light (probably a few pounds without the front wing). Hoping for good news.

As an aside, Tony Stewart has volunteered his private jet to fly the Wilson family to be at Justin's side. Great gesture.

[rage2]

RIP.

[vengie]

Wow, very tragic accident.

RIP

[GTS4tw]

Oh man. RIP. damn.

[lilmira]

RIP

[malbadon]

He was such a friendly guy and a great racer. Bah!

[cloud7]

Very sad news to hear the news... I feel sick to my stomach...sigh. RIP.

[jampack]

Just saw this. RIP

[rob the knob]

[spikerS]

[diamondedge]

RIP Justin. Been a bad year for racing.

[lil*tymer]

Damn. RIP

[spikerS]

I have always wondered why they don't have a closed cockpit in F1, maybe this will be the event that calls for it.

[rage2]

I hope Karam doesn't take this personally, but it can't help with so much criticism towards his driving all year.

http://www.foxsports.com/motor/story...howdown-071915

"I ripped his ass, too," Rahal said. "We can't drive like that. The kid doesn't respect anybody out there. He thinks he is better than everybody already and he is going to hurt somebody if he is driving like that. Ed looked calm compared to the way I thought he would be."

[killramos]

Originally posted by spikerS
I have always wondered why they don't have a closed cockpit in F1, maybe this will be the event that calls for it.

I feel like with the number of fires this would end up being way more dangerous. Such a small pod to be enclosed.

[bjstare]

Originally posted by spikerS
I have always wondered why they don't have a closed cockpit in F1, maybe this will be the event that calls for it.

Originally posted by killramos


I feel like with the number of fires this would end up being way more dangerous. Such a small pod to be enclosed.

Slight sidebar: Just FYI, Indycar =/= Formula 1


On topic - this is really too bad. Always sad when racing drivers/riders pass away.

[killramos]

^ I realize that but both mine, and spikerS point are valid in either sport.

[Zhao Kan]

I put an open wheel car into a cement wall and that accident didn’t phase me one bit… if anything it made me push harder on the track.

But this is something entirely different. Pretty freak accident that it’s parts of his car that hit him, but I’ve always secretly wondered why there hasn’t been more driver head hits in open wheel incidents. There is really nothing preventing something from coming at your head, and at least with me, there is zero chance of hunkering down in the cockpit.

I’m undecided if anything should be changed though. It’s only a few incidents in the last decade that this has been a problem, and 2 of them happened on ovals, which imo is the most ballsy place to take an open wheel car……. well, excluding a hillclimb/rally.