Tony Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 Racing driver Giorgio Bartocci survives horrifying accident, his condition improves [updated] by Michal Kašpárek on May 25, 2010 in News The celebration of the 80th anniversary of Masaryk circuit went horribly wrong last weekend. Giorgio Bartocci had to be transported to the University hospital in a critical condition after a serious crash of his Lamborghini. Since the black Saturday, news about Giorgio’s health have been slighlty positive. According to respected Twitter stream MotosportPrint, "Giorgio Bartocci has a broken leg, broken ribs and 2nd degree burns to 40% of his body but is now off a respirator." It was the first serious accident at Automotodrom Brno, considered to be a very safe track, in many years. The rescue operation brought to life some discussions about whether the track marshals were ready for such a big crash or not. Bartocci was trapped in the burning car for one minute and the first one who tried to get him out was an unprotected engineer who got his face burned. According to experts quoted by Czech Twitter stream F1sports, the firefighters did everything in the right way. It seems that racing can never be totally safe. [updated: Respected blog Jalopnik described the response as even worse than the crash itself. This is not a good mark for the track marshals.] Let’s hope that accident like this won’t happen any time soon and that Giorgio gets well. Please wait a few moments for Video to Load! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHAHZ Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 Bloomin hell, i thought that was his helmet but wasnt sure until the guy pulled forward the door........have to say ...respect to the guy that was unprotected that went straight in to get the driver out.......obviously the firefighters were following protocol but with the gear they had on they could have had im out within the first 30 second before it turned into a massive blaze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phipck Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 reminds me a little of this one, which was much much worse watch it all for the full impact or jump to 3:45 for the incident Please wait a few moments for Video to Load! focussed on the incident Please wait a few moments for Video to Load! what an absolute shamble, again it wasnt a marshall that got stuck in first, but a fellow race driver who very honourably stopped and ran back to rescue Tetsuya Ota from his burning car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 I posted that vid some time back..... Poor fella had the visor melt to his face.... Good news is he survived and successfully sued the track for incompetence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phipck Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 too right if you ask me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMARTLY Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 Looks they were trying to save the rear lights and not the poor guy inside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 Without being over critical of the good work done by the marshalls, isn't this desperate scene repetitive...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 Saw that video last week, shocking he survived TBH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 Amazing he survived more like, it's just a shame the burns where so bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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