[F1] F1 nieuwtjes topic deel 164 16, 18 of 20 auto's op de grid?

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Op woensdag 25 februari 2015 17:09 schreef sasquatsch het volgende:
Mogelijk. Van der Garde maakte gisteren bekend dat er binnenkort racing news aan zit te komen.

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The FIA has confirmed that it is to investigate the circumstances surrounding McLaren driver Fernando Alonso's Barcelona Formula 1 testing accident to find out if lessons can be learned.

Although the governing body does not automatically review all incidents at tests, because they are organised by teams rather than being an official FIA-run event, the fact that Alonso spent three days in hospital after the crash has prompted it into action.

AUTOSPORT understands that the FIA has already begun working in co-operation with McLaren to go through the accident data.

Furthermore, high level sources have revealed that CCTV footage of the Alonso crash has been sourced and will be used to try to give some better insight into exactly what happened.

It is understood the low-quality footage was taken from a camera near Turn 4 looking back at the exit of Turn 3 - and it captures Alonso running wide, trying to correct his car and then slowing down before crashing into the wall on the inside.

An FIA spokesman said that it was important for the governing body to try to see if there are any safety improvements that can be made.

"We will be looking very carefully at what happened," said the spokesman.

"We want to know what took place, so we will be gathering all the information that we can - as well as fully co-operating with McLaren."

The fact that Alonso spent three nights in hospital following his crash has prompted wild speculation that the incident was not as normal as McLaren has made out.

The uncertainty has been further exacerbated by McLaren not making public data about the speed of what is believed to be two impacts with the wall, nor of the G-forces that Alonso experienced.

McLaren has strongly refuted suggestions that Alonso was unconscious before the crash, and insists that the most likely explanation for the accident was that the Spaniard was caught out by a sudden gust of wind.

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Op woensdag 25 februari 2015 15:04 schreef Gort het volgende:

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Neen. Dit zijn vrij duidelijk twee verschillende plekken op de body. De klep op de Button-auto is volgens mij ook te zien op de Alonso-auto: links naast de zwarte plek.

Daarnaast: een ervaren rijder die zich laat verrassen door de wind is één ding, maar dan 2x tegen de muur stuiteren is een tweede. Dit zaakje stinkt.

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Op woensdag 25 februari 2015 13:54 schreef Fiorano het volgende:

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Dat is de schaduw van een flapje/camera, kan die tweet even niet vinden waarin dat stond.

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Op woensdag 25 februari 2015 18:19 schreef Geralt het volgende:

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Dat flapje staat aan de verkeerde kant om daar een schaduw te werpen als ik de rest van de foto zo bekijk qua belichting.

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FERNANDO ALONSO LEAVES HOSPITAL, STOPPED FROM TESTING – F1 WORLD WONDERS WHAT REALLY HAPPENED

The good news today is that McLaren Honda driver Fernando Alonso has left hospital and is now recovering at a family home in Spain after three days hospital observation following his testing accident in Barcelona.

He will not be testing this week in Barcelona and we await an update on whether he will be fit to race in Australia.

It was by no mean the biggest accident of his career, nor the most severe in recent F1 and yet the way that the medical care around him was conducted has raised a lot of questions about what happened to cause the accident and what is actually wrong with the Spaniard.
Despite several statements issued by McLaren shooting down conspiracy theories, describing this as a “normal testing accident”, blaming it on a gust of wind and saying that Alonso was merely concussed, there is widespread doubt in the media, among fans and the F1 community as a whole.

Visting several of the leading F1 teams in the last few days, everyone is equally confused about the circumstances here, which in itself is unusual. It is normally the case that the people at the top of other teams know the inside line, but not in this case.

Leaving aside the cause of the accident for a moment, the first thing that doesn’t add up is why Alonso spent three nights in hospital for a concussion from a relatively moderate speed, side impact accident. It was not severe enough to break the car significantly nor for him to require a surgical collar for neck injury, for example, based on the photo which was tweeted.
One leading F1 light pointed out to me that Felipe Massa was kept in observation after his monstrous accident in the Canadian Grand Prix last June for a few hours for observation, with a concussion. Three days for a much less severe impact is an altogether different matter, although the third night was not spent in an IC unit but in a private room.

There has been speculation that Alonso may have received an electric shock from the ERS somehow, which knocked him out. Engineers tell me that this is possible if the driver’s body connects two parts of the car which are at different potential, he makes the connection. It should be pointed out however that this is highly unlikely, according to engineers, as there are all kinds of failsafe systems and the car has multiple connections to ensure that there is no variation in potential from one part to another. This follows a BMW Sauber mechanic doing just that in the early days of KERS. He suffered a mild burn to the hand.

Also, the fact that McLaren mechanics and marshals attended the car without using rubber gloves, according to the contemporary photos, rather gives the lie to the electric shock theory; they were not concerned about electric shock and nor did they receive one. The ERS warning light was not in warning mode.

Another possibility put forward by medics is that Alonso had some form of seizure or fit while driving, or after the accident, which is possible in adults who have never had a fit before. If that were the case then medics say that a stay in hospital of three days would be appropriate to run tests on possible causes and to see whether he had a repeat. Alonso was reported to be blacked out when marshals attended him and not to have the strength to lift himself out of the car. He is reported to have been suffering from nausea and headaches while in hospital.

A fit or seizure can be caused by many things, including a brain tumour, but the fact that Alonso was released from hospital to go home today indicates that this can be ruled out, according to medics.
It is also possible that the apparently light side impact, with the rear right wheel taking the largest hit, nevertheless transferred a shock into his head and spine and this accounts for his blackout and nausea.

We will learn more in due course, no doubt. But as the Spaniard recovers at home, there is a real sense of mystery among everyone in F1 about this strange incident.

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Op woensdag 25 februari 2015 15:24 schreef Ener-G het volgende:

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Ik reageerde op Vriezzer.

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Op dinsdag 24 februari 2015 21:07 schreef WEST het volgende:

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ik hou niet van Duits commentaar.

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Op woensdag 25 februari 2015 17:02 schreef WEST het volgende:

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misschien met vd Garde als 'tweede' rijder.

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Op woensdag 25 februari 2015 18:23 schreef sasquatsch het volgende:

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Dat meldde flipsen ook al. Maar het zou de spiegeling van de camera kunnen zijn.

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Op woensdag 25 februari 2015 19:19 schreef Ferry_76 het volgende:

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Dezelfde van der Garde die wegging bij Caterham omdat hij nog een jaar achteraan rijden niet zag zitten..?

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Op woensdag 25 februari 2015 16:46 schreef Googolplexian het volgende:

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Op woensdag 25 februari 2015 18:39 schreef twiFight het volgende:
Tuurlijk. En het waren de onzichtbare reptilians die de auto van de weg af lieten gaan zodat de NWO dichterbij komt en de Rothchild familie weer een paar miljardjes meer binnen kunnen harken. Echt waar want er was een ooggetuige.

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Op woensdag 25 februari 2015 21:49 schreef nils7 het volgende:

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Ik mis 1 team

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Op woensdag 25 februari 2015 18:39 schreef twiFight het volgende:
Tuurlijk. En het waren de onzichtbare reptilians die de auto van de weg af lieten gaan zodat de NWO dichterbij komt en de Rothchild familie weer een paar miljardjes meer binnen kunnen harken. Echt waar want er was een ooggetuige.

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Op woensdag 25 februari 2015 18:34 schreef flipsen het volgende:
Enniewee, als de FIA nu pas een onderzoek instelt, heeft McL net genoeg tijd gehad om even alle data te "corrigeren"

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Op donderdag 26 februari 2015 10:30 schreef WheeledWarrior het volgende:
De Toro Rosso heeft een nieuwe neus

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Op donderdag 26 februari 2015 10:32 schreef Nattekat het volgende:

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Nog steeds beter dan vorig jaar.

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Op woensdag 25 februari 2015 22:28 schreef Geralt het volgende:
Verrek dat is morgen alweer ja?

Wat vliegt de tijd. Nog even en het is half maart