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Originally Posted by WeirdHomer
F1 Cars have an open cockpit, he was doing about 270 km/hour (about 170 mph i think) when a piece of metal comming from Barrichellos car hit him in the helmet. He passed out in his car but his foot came to rest at the brake peddal, slowing him down to about 130 km/hour when he hit the wall front first. The damage to the helmet you see is from the piece hitting him at that speed.
One thing i don't get is this: Barrichello was a very long way before him finishing his lap at Q2 so what caused the piece of metal to still be bumping up and down the track? It must have been bumping for atleast 1 minute.... He had NO CARS infront of him.... just don't get it.
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Yea it seems odd that it would still be bouncing on the track, however don't forget Barrichello's car was also going very fast and it was some sort of suspension spring that hit him, so who knows how far it was flying after it first came off the car.
If it was from the suspension and was under a lot of tension then shot down at the track, it could have bounced who knows how high into the air. Possibly bouncing a few times before Massa's car came along.