| Archive for The Motor Forum talking cars since 2006 |
| Richard (ex-MB_insider) |
Henry Surtees (son of John) killed in F2 crashWhat a waste.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8158445.stm |
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| Pkh72 |
I saw the aftermath of the accident on tv whilst i was making sure the sky box was behaving itself but had no idea what had happened until i looked on Autosport in the evening.
I checked this morning expecting to see he was poorly but going to be okay but sadly not, such a shame at only 18. |
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| Eff One |
Tragic news.
Such an apparently innocuous accident, too - a timely reminder that no matter how safe you make racing cars, the potential for disaster is ever-present. |
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| Gooner |
That's a horrific accident and I'd hate to be Jack Clark right now, how do you live with the guilt and the what if's? Sadly unless they put roofs on single seaters, it's always going to be the one weakness no matter how safe the rest of the car is. | ||||
| PhilD |
Which of course is the Daily Mail viewpoint 
I prefer to think that, despite the huge amount of racing that takes place every week from grass-track to F1, deaths are extremely rare showing just how amazingly safe modern racing is. |
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| Eff One |
Absolutely - I was hardly suggesting that all motorsport should be banned. More that, tragic as it is, sometimes shit happens, no matter how safe you make it. As a competitor you either accept the risk or you don't take part. |
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| PhilD |
I agree eff1, shit does indeed happen but you are probably safer in a 200mph single seater than on the A1 in your car! |
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| BeN |
True.
More people die at normal speeds on public roads than at high speed on a race track. |
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| DaveGibson |
I don't think there are 28 million racing licence holders (in the UK), though. |