I was there too nutty - was a terrible day. I still remember the silence as the last engine was switched off and all you could see was the smoke. They didn't say anything until after the race which made it even worse.
jerryaltman - I have the full footage of the 1973 Dutch Gp (Roger Williamson crash) and I can tell you there was full footage of it from start to end, when the crash occured to when the flames were put out.
This was an example of just how in Jackie Stewart's words" pathetically ill-prepared" safety crews were in those days.Fire and safety crews didn't have proper training or quantities of equipment for fighting and controling gasoline fires not to mention access roads so safety crews could get to a burning car within seconds.Example,Monza 1978.Although Petersen died later of infection from a broken leg,the crew (along with Driver James Hunt) did a fantastic job in getting him out of the car fast.
to GejamalProd.-... and with poor equipment overall - formula cars had just the roll bar and I recall that production stock cars as well had equally unexisting safety equipments. So it was back then...in the tracks and on everyday's roads =
Methanol burns too, it just won't explode the way gasoline does. Gasoline is outlawed at Indy 500 since the 1964 disaster and all fires you saw there since then (for example the ones in 1973) were methanol fires. Fuel has to burn, that's why it's a COMBUSTION engine
Thank you for posting...
Joseph Siffert is an all time swiss star for motor racing and a dear friend of my previous boss.
Seppi is a true idol - RIP.
was there on the day he died and was there yesterday after 38 yrs went to the place he crashed to say a prayer
R.I.P. JO SIFFERT
Very very sad. Poor Seppi. RIP.
I was there too nutty - was a terrible day. I still remember the silence as the last engine was switched off and all you could see was the smoke. They didn't say anything until after the race which made it even worse.
today 40 years ago R.I.P
Rest in Peace Jo
This was 1971. They knew very little about safety, and fatal accidents were common.
jerryaltman - I have the full footage of the 1973 Dutch Gp (Roger Williamson crash) and I can tell you there was full footage of it from start to end, when the crash occured to when the flames were put out.
This was an example of just how in Jackie Stewart's words" pathetically ill-prepared" safety crews were in those days.Fire and safety crews didn't have proper training or quantities of equipment for fighting and controling gasoline fires not to mention access roads so safety crews could get to a burning car within seconds.Example,Monza 1978.Although Petersen died later of infection from a broken leg,the crew (along with Driver James Hunt) did a fantastic job in getting him out of the car fast.
I was there,awfull day.
to GejamalProd.-... and with poor equipment overall - formula cars had just the roll bar and I recall that production stock cars as well had equally unexisting safety equipments.
So it was back then...in the tracks and on everyday's roads =
Methanol burns too, it just won't explode the way gasoline does. Gasoline is outlawed at Indy 500 since the 1964 disaster and all fires you saw there since then (for example the ones in 1973) were methanol fires.
Fuel has to burn, that's why it's a COMBUSTION engine
And what fuel doesn't burn?
frying tonight.