Formula Regional European driver Dilano van’t Hoff has died as a result of a crash during a wet race at Spa-Francorchamps.
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Bad weather and poor visibility. Perhaps driving to fast. Those corners are something special but with bad weather… accidents happen, but when you don’t have clear visibility things can get worse very very fast. When such cars begin to slide you are just a passenger. Perhaps the new proposal to guide the water more down will help visibility.
This even comes after the track changed the run off on the corner to allow more space to be off the track during an incident. It’s an inherently dangerous corner. As sad as it is to lose such an iconic corner, I think you’re right. It probably needs to be re-profiled to make it safer in the rain.
From what I saw v’ant Hoff collided with another car outside of him which kept him on the track
The issue in both crashes was a disabled car on the racing line that another car couldn’t see, or just could avoid
Before the fatal crash you can see another car going off and sliding onto the racing line before gunning it off the track. If that car had of been disabled, it could have been hit broadside at speed as well
Maybe that whole area needs to be widened. Or, the cars need to be slowed down ahead of it, but that would greatly alter the character of the track
I’m not sure if I should post the video, but having watched it, it’s extremely similar to the crash that killed Anthoine Hubert. Looks further along the track - at the start of the Kemmel straight - but very similar.
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It’s not clear how (very bad weather conditions, lots of spray/fog), but his car spins into the middle of the track, stops fully sideways/perpendicular to the track, then is T-boned by another car.
Absolutely tragic.
Yet people will still moan about red flags when the rain is so heavy you can’t see car ahead…
