Jules Bianchi

[AIT76]

Eyewitness account is that he struck the back of the tractor:

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/bianchi-moved-to-icu-following-brain-surgery-as-more-details-regarding-crash-emerge/

 

[Max Paper]

Shame this has (and I sincerely wish Jules all the best) taken the shine off Hamiltons brilliant pass on Rosberg. Fantastic driving!

 

[Hillian1]

Shame this has (and I sincerely wish Jules all the best) taken the shine off Hamiltons brilliant pass on Rosberg. Fantastic driving!

Agree, brilliant move.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Bianchi is now out of sugery and breathing on his own.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/29499545

 

[KZNSeagull]

Seemed to miss the Bianchi crash completely I think although it was up on the board at the track. Then got confused over third/fourth AND eight/ninth. Made ITV look good.

Who does David Coulthard commentate for? It took that channel at least 10 minutes to work out what was going on.

Poor bloke - I hope he is Ok, but it does look extremely bad.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Who does David Coulthard commentate for? It took that channel at least 10 minutes to work out what was going on.

Poor bloke - I hope he is Ok, but it does look extremely bad.

The BBC, but to be fair to them the TV pictures never showed Bianchi or his car at any point prior to the stopping of the race, and apart from a quick caption showing Bianchi's name and a shot of Sutil's car, there was nothing in the pictures to suggest anyone else had gone off there.

 

[Hillian1]

The BBC, but to be fair to them the TV pictures never showed Bianchi or his car at any point prior to the stopping of the race, and apart from a quick caption showing Bianchi's name and a shot of Sutil's car, there was nothing in the pictures to suggest anyone else had gone off there.

Pretty sure Brundle said on Sky the recovery vehicle may have hit a Marshall after no pictures showed Bianchi crashing.

 

[AIT76]

the TV pictures never showed Bianchi or his car at any point prior to the stopping of the race

We spotted it straight away in our house. You saw the marshals panicking and a plume of steam coming from behind the mobile crane. Then Bianchi's name slipped down the ticker at the bottom of the screen until it said 'Bianchi Out'. Then there was the shot of the medic with a stretcher and someone lifting red, white and black bodywork out of the way. We even had shots of concerned faces in the Marussia pit but the Beeb still didn't get it.

 

[Everest]

Well done you.

 

[Icy Gull]

Pretty sure Brundle said on Sky the recovery vehicle may have hit a Marshall after no pictures showed Bianchi crashing.

I watched it live on Sky and saw nothing to suggest that a second car had gone off in the same spot as Sutil. The ambulance passing the safety car was the first I realised there was a major problem. I am pretty sure there were no shots of Bianci going off so I'm not sure how the commentators would have known either.

I assume that the BBC coverage was edited after the race so there may have been scenes included that were not shown live?

Good to hear Bianci is out of surgery, fingers crossed that he has not suffered brain damage.

 

[Everest]

I assume that the BBC coverage was edited after the race so there may have been scenes included that were not shown live?

The race was live on BBC this morning.
I would presume the video feeds were the same as Sky.

 

[clippedgull]

The race video feeds are supplied by F1 TV.

Only the pre-race and post race microphone stuff is handled by the TV companies.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

more sad news today,Andrea De Cesaris was killed in a motorbike accident in Rome

 

[pauli cee]

more sad news today,Andrea De Cesaris was killed in a motorbike accident in Rome

sad day indeed

 

[thekinglives]

Just seen the video of the crash. Absolutely horrific.
What the marshal waving the green flag was doing, I have no idea

Video was on facebook - not sure if the link will share...

 

[Barrel of Fun]

The fact that he is not dead is not a testament to the safety of F1, more a fact of sheer luck.

 

[GT49er]

Just seen the video of the crash. Absolutely horrific.
What the marshal waving the green flag was doing, I have no idea

Video was on facebook - not sure if the link will share...

Geez - that looked awful! Lucky to be alive (and I hope he stays that way). Very lucky he didn't take out the odd marshall or two as well.
Guess the one waving the green flag won't be asked again......................... ....

 

[Max Paper]

Just seen the video of the crash. Absolutely horrific.
What the marshal waving the green flag was doing, I have no idea

Video was on facebook - not sure if the link will share...

Terrible, that's so much worse then I imagined it to be. #forzajules

 

[matbha]

Looked like he took the impact with his head , hope hes ok

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Looked like he took the impact with his head , hope hes ok

There is damage to the top of his crash helmet on the left hand side. It certainly seems to have saved his life in the initial impact.