I asked if I could have a thread just for the race so we can talk about it in there and it will be merged afterwards because this one keeps messing up during the race.

Woah just watched Qualifying real bad crash for Felipe.

He's okay now but a piece of Barichello's car hit him in the head and knocked him unconscious then he has a real bad crash.

:shocked: woah that is bad

:shocked: i just read felipe has to have surgery after getting skull damage and concussion and arrived at hospital stable and conscious and will remain in intensive care under observation after the op

Ouch!

Holy ****:sad::sad::sad:

They said he would be fine, they must have done more scans on his head and found that out.




Totally off topic here but with Felipe out and a free race seat on such short notice do you think we could see a certain German fill his space??

which german? :blush2:
i just caught a replay of the end of qualies so is alonso def on pole cos they lost all the times?
that was on the bbc sport bit on the bbc news channel you could read that on screen like teletext while at same time cos it was showing a replay of qualies he hadnt even left the track at that point

Was just on Massa's website there and they said he's in having the operations now and will then go to ICU.

It's weird that this is probably the most serious accident since Senna's and that both were Brazilian....hope he's okay:sad:

i hope he is going to be ok regardless of team colour or who you are a fan of when accidents happen esp the bigger ones it makes you realise what a dangerous sport it is

omg hope hes ok ive only just found that out now

Apparently he's in recovery now, sky news and bbc don't have much because of the WW1 veteran who passed away. Looks like he will be out for a few months, I don't think you can be cleared to race with the injuries he sustained.


here's the results anyway....


1 spain Fernando Alonso Renault 1:21.569
2 germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:21.607
3 australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:21.741
4 great britain Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.839
5 germany Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:21.890
6 finland Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.095
7 finland Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:22.468
8 great britain Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:22.511
9 japan Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:22.835
10 brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari No time
11 switzerland Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:21.002
12 italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:21.082
13 brazil Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:21.222
14 germany Timo Glock Toyota 1:21.242
15 brazil Nelson Piquet Jr Renault 1:21.389
16 germany Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.738
17 italy Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 1:21.807
18 germany Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:21.868
19 poland Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:21.901
20 spain Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:22.359

i cant see him finishing the season head injuries are a big thing in any sport i know when i have had concussion they gave me a card saying no contact sport for at least 6 weeks but surely undergoing the g force in a f1 car is going to be even worse than that

thanks for the times good qualie by hamilton wonder if he will throw the race away again so not holding my breath

It's gotten worse, he's now in a life threatening condition, doesn't look good..........:shocked::shocked::shocked:

:shocked: :sad: blimey i really really hope he pulls through thats the thing with head injuries they can go from being not all that bad to life threatening

This just reminds me of Senna so much, so many similarities apart from nationality....

i agree lets hope it doesnt turn out the same

Serious but stable they are saying now.....:sad:

:shocked: how can the news be coming so different with each update

Am watching sky news so when they update I update...

They said they have him under anaesthetic and they wont wake him until tomorrow....

I hink this is worse than they are letting on and that Max or Bernie have something to do with it......

Changed again, "ife threatening but stable"..........

i have just seen a picture of his helmet/face after the accident :bawling:
warning its not pretty
http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/f1/uutise...2009/07/920735

170 miles per hour crash...

change again.. Serious, Life-threatening but stable.

Just looked at that photo, that is very nasty, surprisd he wasn't knoced out for longer..................

that is a fast crash esp when your already knocked out while he remains critical at the mo looking at the pic a couple inches to his right and i dont think he would have got out of the car alive:sad:

If he makes it hrough this without any permanent damage to his eye or his brain i'd be surprised, I think he may have to retire to be honest, with all the G-force that would be put on him in the future it couldn't be safe.....

eeep i hope Massa's okay, the crash was nasty