VTRacing wrote:Yes, he looks quite normal, but I guess the big issue is that if his head impacted the tractor (directly or indirectly) then while the integrity of the helmet might be ok, his head has decelerated at such a rate to cause his brain to hit the inside of his skull.
Yep. I'm not surprised to see the helmet stood up but unfortunately that just means the energy must have been transferred into his head and body. At least there was some level of deceleration rather than just an instant impact. The car crash structure did its job.
Frankly I'm surprised he survived at all. I gather they tend not to officially declare a fatality at the track for administration reasons so I fully expected them to announce it when he got to hospital. I thought that's why he'd gone by road instead of air - there was no rush.
I'm a bit annoyed the race organisers are copping such flack. Going on the fans reaction on Twitter, the beginning of the race was full of people moaning that they were spending too long behind the safety car and after the race, outrage that they'd allowed the race to happen in such conditions. I'm pretty sure if the race had been cancelled because of the weather there would have been a huge backlash.