Pescarolo Team beats a career marked by a crash on exit in Le Castellet

There are ways to start the Championship and ways to destroy a career. In the 6 hours of Le Castellet disputed in the Paul Ricard circuit on the day of yesterday succeeded the latter. And beyond the purely sporting, an error between the race director and safety car made full output be organized a montonera which severely damaged up to five GT, including two drop-outs.


I think the video explains it all, but the summary is clear. After the formation lap, the safety car should have abandoned the track and leave the participants that they wait for the green light. The car was not, and contrary to what we could expect, the traffic light was green. The classified first became aware of the presence of the Safety-Car still on the track and slowed down. It was not enough to ensure that the back of the peloton to avoid a massive accident. In these moments you remember exits by classes as they do in other Championships.
In sports, victory of the reborn Pescarolo Team with Christophe Tinseau, Emmanuel Collard and Julien Jousse driving taking advantage of their regularity and particularly the absence of problems with the Pescarolo-Judd. Everything is said, a car veteran and with many hours of flight on their backs. Behind Henry Pescarolo team, one of which started as favourites, Lola B10/60-Toyota of Rebellion Racing (Belicchi-Boullion) suffered a problem in one of its doors, while his teammates suffered problems with the gearbox that relegated them to the seventh position.

But if we talk about technical problems, we must talk about the debut of the aston Martin AMR-One. The new British prototype was not completed or distance of career, suffered from numerous problems of youth. In Aston Martin will have to work hard if they want to reach the 24 hours of Le Mans with options of victory, even among gasoline-powered vehicles.


Greaves Motorsport won third place on the podium and first among the LMP2 with the Zytek Z11SN-Nissan piloted by Tom Kimber-Smith, Karim Ojjeh and Gary Chalandon ahead of the Lola-Judd Pecom piloted by Luis Perez Companc, Pierre Kaffer and Mattias Russo. Completing the podium in the categories, the HPD ARX-flat of Strakka Racing.

Finally, the GTE Pro category was that most suffered the accident of the output. Up to four Porsche involved and that at that time they said farewell to any option of victory. Without the cars of the brand's highest, absolute domain of the Ferrari 458 Italy GTC with final victory for the JMW Motorsport team.

Robert Kubica hospitalized after crash (updated)

Actualizacion: According to the Team Lotus Renault press release, the Polish would have fractures in one of his legs and his right arm. What more concerns now is his right hand, as is quite damaged and precise surgery to prevent its loss.

Update 2:Surgery enabled that Robert Kubica does not lose his hand. It is now know that mobility can have in it and the possibility of recovering from his injuries.

Run has its risks, and make it a month after the start of the season is to play the future in the Championship and much. I have always defended pilots are free to participate in seeking out of tracks and the case of Robert Kubica. As commented on some of our commentators Polish has had an accident while he held the Rally "Round di Andora" and had to be taken to the hospital of Santa Corona in Genoa.

Not many details are known as the prognosis is reserved and not made public any communication with the part of his injuries. Kubica was disputing the test at the controls of a Skoda Fabia S2000, in what was his first race at the controls of a four wheel drive after a Peugeot 207 S2000. To be able to vote this post you must login or register here.

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Apparently lost control of the car and ended up running against the wall of stone from a church in the town of San Lorenzo. The speed at which the accident was fairly high according to the information of the spectators present and even had to need fire services to release Robert. His co-driver, Jacub Gerber was unhurt the crash. Now reports are not good, but it seems that his life not in danger.

Kubica crash presents a dilemma for the F1

New the less surprising details about the accident Robert Kubica have emerged.

Shots of video of the car was still Skoda Fabia of the Polish have been made public, as well as photographs of the incident where there are the length of the Armco barriers atraveraron car.

Currently sedated by pain, and the prognosis that stays in intensive care for some days, when it is operated again. Reports have said that Kubica lost much blood after the accident and was originally a "critical" situation.

Kubica co-pilot has criticized the roads and safety standards after the car frontal impact, but others argued that the Polish pilot not should have been competing, at all.

"You have to take care of the investment," said triple champion of the world and the team's owner and the former Chief Sir Jackie Stewart to the Telegraph.

"Is quite a challenge to stop drivers to do these things I think are unwise to be driving in a season of F1?, he added."

Renault boss Eric Boullier, said that freedom of Assembly is so important for Kubica who have spent years not allowed according to the terms of his contract with BMW.

The former director of BMW-Sauber, Mario Theissen, told the Associated Press: "What is the point of pushing hard to provide the highest standards of safety in F1, if a driver is seriously injured in racing activities?"

The German said always had "sympathy" by the passions of Kubica, but "the pilot is key to success in the F1?."

"Only he can give back to the tremendous efforts of several hundred people also identified in the results."

For L'Equipe in France, however, who defended freedom Boullier with Kubicadijo: "He also could have been hit by a bus when going to buy the bread".

However, Martin Brundle said he was "crazy" for Kubica be doing other races apart from the F1 and agrees with the Canadian pilot Patrick Carpentier.

"If I had to blame someone, it would be his team, should never have ceased to do so," he told the French Rue Frontenac.

"Especially (not) as near the start of the new season and between two sessions of test." What a bad moment! ", added Carpentier."

Jacques Laffite, a commentator on French television and winning ex-F1: "my position has always been that these guys who risk all Sundays should be free to do what they like".

"Today, we are seeing things differently, obviously", told L'Equipe.

"A F1 driver is part of a team of about 700 people, it is right to have some restrictions," said Benitez.

Flavio Briatore, said after visiting Kubica: "you can not blame anyone, the accident was precisely that.

And it seems that Ferrari doesn't even end limit the participation of its pilots in dangerous activities such as when Fernando Alonso was skiing in Val Gardena.

John Booth of Virgin Racing said that trying to control F1 drivers is useless.

"Jerome (D'Ambrosio) and Timo (Glock) esquiaron a couple of weeks ago," said at the launch of MVR-02.

"We told them, guys Ok, will be the track, bla, bla, bla…"

"And that is what they are." That is what makes them so well. "Not be they can wrap cotton", he added.