Japan GT crash

[WBH8668]

http://www.spikedhumor.com/Article.aspx?id=778
wondering the Ferrari driver is still alive or not

 

[Toyminator]

c until damn sad....

 

[eujin]

the ferari driver dead.....cant save him coz he is toast...

 

[escaflowne]

wow..the driver actually manage to climb out himself.Amaze the safety features of a GT race car.

 

[DarkChild]

"On May 3, 1998.. Japanese racing star Tetsuya Ota was involved in achain reaction collision during a GT championship race. Ota was trapped in his car for more than 50 seconds while exposed to 800-degree temperatures. There was no safety crew coming to the rescue as fellow drivers frantically extinguished the flames. The result ended with serious burns to Ota and a lawsuit against track promoters and sponsors. Agreed upon event requirements called for safety crews to rescue a driver and extinguish any fire within 30 seconds or less. Ota signed papers claiming he would not seek damages from event organizers as is typical in some venue use agreements. In a District Court ruling, the hold harmless paperwork was thrown out and Ota was awarded 90 million ($809,352) Yen. Changes in the sport now include a "doctor car" and some fire engines standing by for such an emergency. The court also ruled that Ota could have slowed his vehicle quicker thus a reduction from the originally requested 300 million ($2,697,841) Yen."

 

[EvoGanu]

ha ha..........

 

[AE80TypeD]

wow! u mean Ota's the ferrari driver? he survived?? amazing.

 

[SkYwAlKeR]

yeap... i think someone posted this long time ago in somewhere...
the driver survived... and this sparked the question about safety precautions on every circuit....

 

[Mambomachine]

Wahhh..lucky the guy survived but the safety precautions were evidently bad.

 

[BuRn|nGsUnZ]

u sure the ferrari driver aint dead? u sure ota is the guy in the ferrari and not the other one? so geli..

 

[ninja_iga]

yea that's Ota-san

forced retirement!

 

[eujin]

i tought the ferari driver toast......did u guys hear b4 he hits the porshe.....the ferari downshift its gear...nice sound man....but unfortunately....the car completely toast........

 

[kwai]

no one help the porche driver also when he climb out...

the ferari driver also no one help...

 

[trueno]

this sumone posted long time oledi....so sad the car caught in fire but no one save the driver...so sad..but luckily...he was survived...

 

[nickchl]

here is another video.........
http://www.filecabi.net/v/file/driverbadway/wmv