Painfull to see al those crashed ferrari's

Anyone knows what happened to that F360 in the last video?

 

That 355C accident, did the driver survive?

 

Under braking the nose of the 360 went under the rear of the fiat and lifted it onto the front of the Ferrari.

 

I don't think he should of parked it under the van....

 

The full version of the Ferrari/Porsche racing accident is horrid.

I watched it a year or so ago and told myself never to watch it again.

 

LOL

Did the driver of the 355 survive?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya_Ota

 

I have been asking that question for MONTHS and no-one has an answer...

 

YES!!! He did survive the fire and the crash!

 

This question has probably been asked since I would assume that video of the 456 has been on here before, but what exactly happens to the car. Does the engine actually just blow and if so why? I hear who I assume is Jeremy Clarkson narrating.

 

As posted on Wiki he did survive.
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1998 JGTC Fuji incident
During the second round of the 1998 JGTC at Fuji Speedway, with 47,000 spectators in attendance of the 67 lap race,[3] the race was held in torrential rain with limited visibility. Following the parade lap, the safety car drove through the starting line at 150 Km/h (93 mi/h), suddenly slowed down,[2] causing an aquaplaning 910 Racing's Porsche 911 RSR of Tomohiko Sunako to strike into the rear of Kaoru Hoshino's 911 GT2. Of the GT300 cars, the third car in front of the Porsches (and 22nd on the grid)[4], the BMW M3 of Yasushi Hitotsuyama behind managed to avoid the Porsche, coming onto the grass and managed to drive back to the circuit, whilst the Porsche struck into a barrier and rested on the grass.[2] A caution flag was waved out.

Seconds later, the Team Ferrari Club of Japan's Ferrari F355 Challenge of Ota, slowed down, causing his car to aquaplane and swerve left directly onto the Porsche; both exploded into a fireball on impact as a result.[2] The Ferrari, after hitting the wall, slid across to the other side of the track and rested at the pit stop exit; another Porsche swerved to avoid Ota.

Luckily, the driver of the blazing Porsche managed to stumble out of his car with a fractured right leg and was shortly attended by rescue officials.[3]

Shortly, the RE Amemiya RX-7 of Shinichi Yamaji stopped in front of the Ferrari whilst the other cars drove on, he took an fire extinguisher from his own car to extinguished the fire and then helped to release Ota's safety harness before marshals arrived.[5][3]

Ota was trapped in his car for almost 90 seconds while exposed to 800-degree temperatures and had to be dragged out of the car by a safety marshal,[2] to lay him on the ground, whilst his charred visor melted on his face. Ota whilst attempting to get up, at first fell; in another attempt, another marshal spotted Ota and picked him up to be bundled to the circuit's minivan, rather than the ambulance.

The race was to be rescheduled to a shortened 51 lap race, but thick fog rolled in over the circuit causing the race to be delayed. Over the time, organisers waited on to hope that the weather would improve but by 17:00, the organisers announced the race to be officially called off and all results were voided.[3] Ota was taken to a hospital in Gotemba[3] where he was treated for third-degree burns to his face and neck area and minor burns to the rest of the body, but was fortunate to survive. He required plastic surgery to the nasal area as a result of the visor melting on his face. He also suffered from intoxication from the fumes he inhaled from the fire.

He was unable to function his right arm, right shoulder and fingers properly, causing an end to his professional career.[2]

 

That 456 was a pre production version that was undergoing testing, Ferrari tests the engines to destruction and that is what was happening here, the top gear crew were there to film the event hence Jeremy Clarkson narrating.

 

The Fiat's nose is damaged so there must have been another car there to stop the Fiat from just moving forward instead of up.

 

True it looks that way.

 

I understand that accidents happen when you have very powerful cars being driven by inexperienced drivers. The part that gets me the most about “most” types of accidents is there being done by people who simply don’t care. Most of the people involved in these types of reckless accidents just go out and buy another. I will work my entire life and hopefully have the please of putting one or two of these ponies in my own stable. It’s very disheartening.