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[...]That would have been a big event in any normal race but almost immediately there was an enormous sickening accident down at the hairpin. Kubica was stuck behind Trulli's Toyota and he wnated to take advantage of the restart to grab a place. As they went down towards the hairpin he positioned himself to go to the left of the Toyota and outbrake Jarno into the corner. Seeing this was not going to work, Robert then switched to the right and as he did so he managed to snag his front wing on Trulli's right rear tyre.
What happened next was frightening. The BMW lost its downforce and went wide on the right. It hit a kerb at about 200mph and flew. And it flew all the way into a concrete barrier. The explosion was awful and thousands of pieces of smashed car , with the remains of a monocoque in the middle came back across the track into the path of the cars behind. This did serious damage to several of the Red Bull cars, notably Coulthard and Liuzzi who both got the worst of it.
The BMW hit the barriers again on the other side of the track and then slid along until the momentum was finally exhausted. Kubica was motionless in the upturned car. As the afternoon wore on it was amazing to hear that he had escaped with almost nothing. Modern F1 cars are inordinately strong.
What happened next was frightening. The BMW lost its downforce and went wide on the right. It hit a kerb at about 200mph and flew. And it flew all the way into a concrete barrier. The explosion was awful and thousands of pieces of smashed car , with the remains of a monocoque in the middle came back across the track into the path of the cars behind. This did serious damage to several of the Red Bull cars, notably Coulthard and Liuzzi who both got the worst of it.
The BMW hit the barriers again on the other side of the track and then slid along until the momentum was finally exhausted. Kubica was motionless in the upturned car. As the afternoon wore on it was amazing to hear that he had escaped with almost nothing. Modern F1 cars are inordinately strong.
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