WTF Were They Doing At Duxford

[Vincent]

www.itv.com/news/anglia/2012-07-03/f1-driver-suffers-life-threatening-injuries-at-duxford/

There's no track there? Using the air strip for speed trials maybe?? They do have to keep them clean so may be suitable I guess.

Link above says she hit a lorry, TV says a barrier

At least she didn't wreck any of the fantastic aircraft they have housed there
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[Bendy]

I believe straight line testing doesn't fall under the 'testing ban' rules.

[Vincent]

Just seen a bit more - apparantly, the driver was pulling up when the car took on a life of it's own and rammed into the tail lift of a lorry Thas's gotta hurt At least she's got one of the countrys best hossy's near by in Addenbrookes. They've saved my bacon on more than one occasion.
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[zaknafien]

Pressed the wrong pedal?
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[mistergixer]

Women - know your limits.


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[Vincent]

She won't need to worry about the eye-liner anymore as I think she may have chopped off her head from the nose upwards.

You should never leave a tail-lift half up/down. If it had've been down, she would have just parked up in the back of the lorry and could have pretended it was intentional.

God I hope someone in the crew Uploads footage, the curiosity is killing me.
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[.Chris.]

I used to work very close to Duxford IWM. Regularly used to hear F1 engines screaming, so it's been used as a testing ground for quite a while. Sounds like a nasty crash
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Audio of the event:

https://audioboo.fm/boos/871249

I can't skip on the iPad, but it's right at the end of the clip.
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[Vincent]

Sounded like the pit lane restrictor - maybe she pressed the wrong button. The team will probably sue Duxford now and it'll end up having to close down. Mind you, with the admission fee what it is, they should have enough to cover it.
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[Frost]

The team has previously relied only on computer modeling data for their aerodynamic design and had been off the pace. They recently got access to the Mclaren wind tunnel and have redesigned a lot of the car. Straight line testing verifies their work in the real world before they take all the new bits to an actual race. Generally they'll be looking at aerodynamic load at various speeds, wing flex, engine temperature and airflow into the airbox, brake temperatures etc.
To be honest she was taken on for sponsorship / media attention reasons rather than driving talent as always seems to be the way with women in F1, so i wouldn't be shocked to find out it was driver error.
Sponsors as so desperate for a woman in F1 they're ruining the chance of it happening by encouraging teams to take on women who are either crap or just not ready.

[Vincent]

[The Artist]

https://www.marussiaf1team.com/news/622/

Surgeons had to remove an eye. Devastating news.


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[Skudd]

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Bitter much?

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[Vincent]

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To answer the original question - teams get 4 days of either straight-line aero testing or full-size wind tunnel testing per year to use as they see fit. It's usually used to correlate the 60% tunnel model to the actual race car. We used to test at Duxford, it's not unusual.

There are a few rumours around as to how the accident happened, from her misjudging the clutch bite point and the anti-stall kicking in to an electrical/mechanical failure. Speculation is pointless, however, as it won't change anything now. It sounds like it could have happened to any or many rookies.

As for Maria herself, well she was quick enough when she had a few laps in the Renault F1 car a couple of years back. So, although I know it's only gallows humour, it's a little churlish to suggest the accident was in any way linked to her gender.

Here's a bloke fucking it up big style in an R28, and he's a professional driver under no pressure and in a straight line. These cars are a bit wilder than you'd probably imagine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJpURLp4wYI
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