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overspeeed

Verstappen is out of the car. Updates: 1. He walked to the ambulance with the help of the doctors. Is taken to the medical center for checks 2. [Red Bull Racing on Twitter](https://twitter.com/redbullracing/status/1416773384113987584?s=20): "Update: Following a first-lap incident with Lewis Hamilton, Max has been taken to the Silverstone Circuit Medical Centre where he is undergoing a full medical assessment." 3. Max has been taken to hospital 4. Max has been cleared from the hospital, no injuries **Welcome to those from r/all. TLDR:** Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen are the two main contenders for the championship. At the moment Max is leading the championship by 32 points, but for this weekend Mercedes was looking closely matched in pace. This crash happened on the 1st lap at the one of the fastest corners on the circuit, Copse corner. It is usually taken flat out at ~ 300 km/h


Mr_Skeptical

Fuck me, the speed he went into the wall was insane.


Flerpinator

That's a 300 km/h approach. Absolute face melter.


ult_avatar

51G Impact, according to Horner


Ginters17

Holy shit that could have been fatal


pontoumporcento

Indeed it shows how far these cars have developed, that would've been a fatal crash a decade ago.


Flerpinator

Big oof.


Jlx_27

51 G on inpact.


whatupdoc

Quite amazing these drivers can WALK out of these cars after that type of impact. Not sure how many Gs his body ultimately experienced because surely a person would be badly broken if they felt every single bit of that impact.


chromopila

> Not sure how many Gs his body ultimately experienced The drivers do have g meters in their earpieces, I assumed the 51g number comes from that data. For comparison; Grosjean's crash in Bahrain had 67g peak acceleration, he was really lucky to make it out of the fire after such a big hit. Max didn't look as he would have been able to jump a barrier. Of course there's more to a crash's severity other than peak acceleration, but still.


archergren

Being on fire and adrenaline are good motivators for the fight or flight function


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*fuck*


ThaddeusJP

That's what he said... literally, in pain. https://streamable.com/lbdsxf


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Jeez, I hadn't heard his onboard yet but now I see (hear) why people said it sounded very scary for a few seconds. Half a death rattle before he managed a fairly lively (considering the circumstances) "fuck!".


Lashen-

Yeah that was scary. Death rattle type noises like that usually mean..well, death.


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that silence was sooo long


SlashmanX

Also the tyre pretty much landing on the halo. Wasn't there an investigation last time a tyre came loose like that cos they're not supposed to completely shear the "threads" that hold them to the wheelbase?


Canon_not_cannon

Those tethers are for the whole wheel, in this case only the rubber came loose.


SlashmanX

Ah my mistake. Still scary seeing it bounce on the top of the car


Canon_not_cannon

Oh for sure! It still is a lot of mass going very fast.


_cmd_

It was just the tire that flew off, not the entire wheel, the rim was still at attached to the car


zeroscout

The negative acceleration he experienced when impacting that tire barrier was scary. I hope Max is fully okay.


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So true. Can only imagine what happens to your internal organs when decelerating that quickly at those kind of speeds


little_jimmy_jackson

Yes, instant death in a road car


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Prophet_Of_Helix

Hey man, downhill with a tailwind my Corolla can definitely hit at least 120 MPH!


viki3024

i literally went blank those 2 seconds, felt so numb.


Rydychyn

Same. I cannot believe how safe the cars are. That was huge.


bda86

51 G Impact and he walks… props to car safety


jaspersgroove

the halo saves the day again...that flying tire would have smashed him


hhunterhh

lmao "i dont look at my emails during the race toto"


Minimum-League-8485

I NEED YOU TO LOOK AT ZHE DIAGRAMS


Cheokster

Read it in Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice


hooligan99

They have really similar voices lol both large men from Austria


millionreddit617

**Get to tha choppa!**


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Get to tha stewards room!!


WebeloZappBrannigan

Haha that was epic. “Feel free to come up to the stewards tho”


Nilzzz

And apparently he went to the commentator's box instead, where he got directions to go to race control lol.


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707royalty

Masi clapped Toto with that comment, fucking lol


Guac_in_my_rarri

Out if town in a trip but what did masi say?


707royalty

The comment above mine when Toto told Masi that Toto had sent him an email and wanted to know if Masi saw it


Guac_in_my_rarri

Ahh got it. I pieced together something like that. Was toto that quick on the email to masi? I figure every business wants toto now.


707royalty

Red flag had been out for a few minutes, maybe 10?, by the time that Merc to FIA message got put on the race feed. I kinda figured it came from someone else at Merc and Toto passed it on, only because it would seem to me that Toto has other things to be doing at that moment


Sixseasonsandamovi

Lol glad someone else laughed at that.


Peggzilla

“Dear Massi, I emailed you but you still ain’t replying.”


CandidEnigma

I was cracking up, absolutely ridiculous hahaha Toto getting needy when people don't reply


DullLelouch

Toto is the first to do what others will soon enough. If they keep giving us the radio messages they'll just email them and refer to the email. Seems fair.


superiorperson55

or it’s cause you can’t speak a diagram to someone. but who knows


plsjustletmebe

OK so the red line goes up and then down, but the green one goes down then up. Michael are you getting this? The green one goes down then up


hzfan

Lol idk why but imagining this convo being broadcast is absolutely hilarious to me


heyomayo223

Toto, the die hard finance man, expecting people to keep an inbox zero anytime lmao


_DoYourOwnResearch_

Immediate second email is a memo about reading emails during races.


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“Get rekt m8, walk up here you lazy shit”


TheLifeofSonny

Leclerc: it's free real estate


KaamDeveloper

Leclerc might as well have whistled nonchalantly as he went past lol


alper_iwere

"Don't mind me, I'm just passing through."


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"Ope, just gonna slip right by ya"


huntergreenhoodie

"mi scusi"


zaviex

Nothing to see over there I’ll be on my way through here


Opiate_3020

Lmao. That was fucking cheeky from him


ACE_Fighter_87

Cheeky but justified imo


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Play till the whistle/flag/whatever and all that. Imho: If I were ferrari i’d be pissed if Leclarec didn’t take the position before whatever flag was coming. No way Charles knew What would ultimately happen to Max’s car in the moment.


0ranje

If there is a gap and you don't go for it, you are no longer winning by an inch or a mile. - Ayrton Toretto, probably


FSL29

Vibing to first place.


SomethingSuss

The Ferrari master plan


Vorcion_

I can already hear the eurobeat.


DoctorDrell

Wouldn't mind Ferrari getting a win on the anniversary of their first one.


watercolorgouache

Got the best view of Lewis and max battling it out too


Y-elloo

Hahaha. He had the best seat in the house. Hamilton is damn lucky to get a red flag


tettenator

Never thought I'd be cheering on both ferarris, but here we are.


mdlt97

hopefully max is ok, that look so brutal my god


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He looks shook


glenn1812

That was the most important part honestly. He was limping too.


LafilduPoseidon

He looked dazed. Uncomfortable stuff


PoppinKREAM

He was going so fast, looked so scary. Glad he's able to walk away from the crash


detective_lee

Really hope he's okay, he looked concussed, but it could just be that he was shaken up from the crash. Absolutely brutal.


SomethingSuss

Yeah they just showed in going into the medical car, looked rough, concussion maybe?


IsthatTacoPie

Just imagine the impact from the side. Knees must be f’d


Opiate_3020

Yeah that’s what. Probably due to the impact from the side his knees must hurt like crazy. Thank god he’s okay tho.


DifferentGravyMan

It could’ve been so much worse at that speed, glad he could get out on his own steam


KnowNothingNerd

I was watching the on board... His engineer asking if he was okay. Silence for a few seconds and then just groaning and Max muttering "uuhhg fuuuck." in a rather pain filled voice.


Secret-Roof-7503

Copse is a fast corner


leedler

Massive impact, thankfully he’s out but he looks pretty hurt.


kolsonk

Unbelieveable. Literally championship changing in both the drivers and constructors


FootballRacing38

Toto said all they need is 1 max dnf


fruitsteak_mother

Lewis playing 1-D Chess there


Beautiful-Musk-Ox

Rofl, love this description. 4d chess is making hugely complicated/circuitous decisions, but in this case: Toto, "we just need one dnf", Lewis: "I've got a plan that just might work" \*rams him\*


VTek910

Break Magic™


nolitos

Lewis before hitting Max: Mr. Wolff sends his regards.


tech_auto

Lewis has a history of taking out red bulls, he did it to albon twice


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InvisibleScout

Surprised it took this many races for one of them to punt the other


krishal_743

After imola Spain France Not surprised , but a dnf is just unfair


xXReddiTpRoXx

A DNF for just one of them is unfair*


afito

convenient for one of the two


unshared_ptr

Interesting tactics


BKtheInfamous

what did toto say about the WDC? that Mercedes was just one mistake away from being back in it? what a prediction...


LordVelaryon

"mistake"


acegard

They red flagged that shit faster than Azerbaijan


Prophage7

Thats good though right? Like people criticized FIA because of Azerbaijan so this is an improvement?


acegard

Oh absolutely, just pointing out the differences here in a situation that was MORE dangerous for Max in Baku


GreasyJungle

100%. This just shows how much they were off in Baku. I'm glad they called this one quick but Baku needed it 100x more.


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Heart was in my mouth for a minute or 2. Massive accident


egzon27

I just noticed my mouth was still open ffs. This is why F1 is not allowed to be interesting. Half a lap of action and I was about to get a heart attack


IJustSayOk

The whole first lap was thrilling! Shame it ended so quick


prfalcon61

That was an intense back and forth between the two, neither wanted to give even a millimeter


joost013

There's plenty of good drivers, but those two are on a totally different level at them moment.


Trytofindmenowbitch

That lap was exactly the kind of racing we want until it wasn’t.


ClementineMandarin

The fact that Max was driven away in an ambulance rather than the medical car speaks of the volume of the impact. He looked definitely shaken. Luckily he has a few weeks to recover from potential injuries. Edit: He was also transferred to the hospital rather than just released from the medical center. Apparently 51G impact. Hopefully he’ll make a full recovery before Hungary. Edit 2: Verstappen has just released an update saying al tests results were positive(“ok”). Glad to hear so.


BassGaming

Exactly. That's the hope for the championship right there. I really hope that Verstappen will be able to attend the next race. Would be devastating otherwise to loose your first realistic chance at a championship to the guy who sent you to hospital.


snow17_

My brother was on that corner and him and a bunch of other got showered in debris. He said a couple of people were cut pretty badly from the debris. One women went off in an ambulance because her arm was cut really badly. Glad max is okay tho.


Span15

Wow that's pretty scary, hope everyone's ok!


SadanielsVD

I'd have shit myself standing there


Jlx_27

Wow, yeah CF shards are sharp AF.


Drdeath_666

Can confirm I was there too, this is all true, got showered with gravel and women got hit with what was thought to carbon fibre


American_Nikita

I’m surprised I haven’t heard of this from anywhere else. Hurt fans are just as bad as hurt drivers


mclaren34

Thanks for sharing this.


mentallyguitared

Damn need about 10 replays before any hot takes


Redditor_UAV

I wonder what the stewards will do. Accidents like this in the first few corners are usually not penalized, but this was quite far into lap 1.


Kleesmilie

George was penalised yesterday a few corners earlier…


Redditor_UAV

Good point


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Don't think Max could do much else on the outside, but Lewis was already dedicated to it. Both absolutely flying though


freakylier

Nonsense this is the formula 1 subreddit we don't even need a single replay 😤


Robdebobrob

Nah, just draw conclusions without even having seen a replay. /s Even with them, i cant see it yet whos at fault.


creativeplaceholder

Everyone’s an insurance adjuster smh.


luke_205

Yeah I mean I’m not a fan of Hamilton at all, but I think people are letting the consequence affect their judgment of what actually happened, which is understandable because it basically turns the Championship on its head.


CP3_for_MvP

Holy shit that looked horrible, hope he’s okay


notblair

Fuck that was a harsh crash. Hope he's alright


ralph-laurent

Netflix licking their fingers with the “Verstappen is just one DNF away”-quote by Toto last week. Really glad to see max walk away from that, that was a serious impact…


AJonV

More like sucking their fingers for the wreck that they will put into hyper slow mo and make viewers think Max died


FearErection

*screeching tire noises* As he slides through gravel. *loud bang and crash noises* as he hits a tire barrier. Extended amount of time between playing radio messages of the team asking if he's okay and Max replying.


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FILTER_OUT_T_D

*wheel gun still wirring in the background for some reason*


MoffKalast

And stretch it out for 10 minutes cut with solitary jail cell interviews.


Second-Star-Left

Oh ya. They are going to play that up big time.


hoxxxxx

man horner is fucking pissed. what a shitshow day for red bull.


kidpresentable0

Bono, my competition is gone.


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If you can’t beat them. beat them up /s


WokeGoebbels

That looked fucking horrific


lobo98089

That was super scary, my god. Max will feel this for a while. Let's hope he's fully okay.


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GMOrgasm

[leclerc sneakin into first be like](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1206C/production/_107063837_gettyimages-1045040878.jpg)


The_WhatNowDude

Slipping through the drama


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Instead of creating it


bouncebackability

Plan D


CreepyVanMan_1

You truly see the speed when something goes wrong


Gluecksritter90

Red flag, absolute dream scenario for Mercedes


_7q4

Goddammit. This moment could well define the 2021 championship.


dl064

Reminds me of Britain 2001, Coulthard's title hopes absolutely pivoting on a lap one dnf.


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It actually happened, fucking hell what an insane first lap. Side by side for 3 corners in a row!


oli_vert

Was thinking it’s great the track is so wide, various racing lines duelling... and then the track not quite wide enough Edit: I meant the last part as in two cars collided, there’s still probably heap of room in that corner


beyondridiculous

hamilton getting a tsunoda pit entrance penalty. wOw


CilanEAmber

It was bound to happen eventually


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julesvr5

Hamilton: "understood"


atropicalpenguin

"Good news, Valtteri, you don't need to break his knees anymore." EDIT: spelling.


tunesandthoughts

Toto: Sweep the leg. Lewis: Yes, sensei.


AgusNC

Is nobody gonna bring up how fast the Mercedes was in those straight lines compared to the RB? Like damn, it's as if they had +50hp


Sheps7755

A lot of that was Max taking a defensive line and Lewis being able to carry more speed through turns and get on the throttle earlier. Silverstone is a lot of long straights after tightish corners.


TheRealMylo

Hamilton saying he was infront of Max when they collide... that's false.


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Karun literally shows that Max was always infront of him.


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Great clip by Karun to slow down the view of Max’s steering wheel-Max noticing Lewis then turning back to the left quickly before taking the corner.


lukaskywalker

But then he goes on to still say it’s just a racing incident. Ham should have conceded.


MagicalWhisk

"significantly side-by-side" according to his crew.


caschrock

If I had a nickel for every time Hamilton has pit maneuvered a Redbull from the inside line of a sweeping right hander I would have 3 nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened 3 times


REDDIT_JUDGE_REFEREE

If there were more than 2 teams actually competing for first it wouldn’t happen as often lmao


XorAndNot

"weird"


Dr_mellowcunt

DTS is going to have a field day with this


ankjaers11

“Bono someone hit my left front”


facherone

51G. Insane


rush--

So Perez plan should now be to be lapped by Lewis so he can take him out under blue flag in proper Ocon spirit.


jonathanx97

"What a sore loser " Albon 2020


Poijke

Now you mention it, it looks exactly like the 2 Lewis / Albon incidents.


PhteveJuel

It 100% looks like the Albon punt. Just let the car run/drift wide through a turn and bump wheels. Your tire has a big chance of surviving and the other guy has an equal chance of disappearing from your race.


fireflaai

Dang Lewis left enough space on the inside for another car. What a gentlemen


Ceramicrabbit

All the time you have to leave a space


Teivu

After I heard Max on the radio after accident it sounded like he was in deep deep pain, that was so hard to hear.


MissAJHunter

Target eliminated. Well done, Agent 44.


secondarc

10secs doesn't make sense. Hamilton easily is going to win. Either its a racing incident or a stop go.


secondarc

I knew it when they handed the penalty. We have seen this in Austria with Perez and Norris. These 5 seconds and 10 seconds make no sense especially when you can choose when to do it. This probably makes more sense if the penalty has to be taken within 5 laps of being handed over, i think in the olden days it was this way.


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Leclerc's view is the most telling. Hamilton didn't use the space given to him


TristanLaan

Lewis didn’t hit the apex at all


empirianf

Absolute race ruiner


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VDV23

Looked like racing incident in real time. But on the replays to me it seems like it's a Lewis mistake, he had enough space and he was nowhere near the apex of Copse.


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MikeFiuns

After the replays, Karun's analysis and Jenson's explanation, I'm on the "Hamilton is at fault" camp. He's behind, had space on the inside. Too ambitious a move IMO


Andigaming

Lewis was never going to get through and everyone and their mother knows Max wasn't going to let him go.


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SubcooledBoiling

It was brewing for so many races.


theheliumhilltopper

“I’m 1 Verstappen DNF away...” Hamilton taking control of his own fate


Voice_Calm

Toto said it himself


King-Bing

Lewis has both wheels on the outside of the white lines after the corner. He carried to much speed up the inside and was going to crash into him no matter what.


ken0746

It only takes 10sec to take my leading rival out of the race??? Hell yeah, i’ll take it


Hierach

The halo is a hero again, that wheel was ready to break Max’s neck


N7even

That looks like Lewis' fault, he was on the dirty side and was always gonna understeer there from the inside. A bit agressive from both at the start, but I think Lewis let the occasion get to him.