It is just a formula 2 car and those are mass produced because all teams use the same car. So won't be too bad I think. Formula 2 wrecking a lot of cars is pretty normal.
It was someone's job to design that gantry and probably someone else's job to ensure the vehicle fleet owned by the track operator conforms to the trackside furniture limits.
At least two people fucked up for sure, but neither of those people were driving the truck.
An oil down is an oil down. Track crew have lots of experience cleaning those up. This should be relatively easy since it was limited to a small location, not painted halfway around the track before the vehicle came to a halt.
Ya. But what would be more difficult to clean up than a petroleum based product, ie all the other engine stuff that you mentioned in saying hydraulic fluid would be easier to clean up?
flornholio
https://www.planetf1.com/news/austrian-gp-status-clarified-after-bizarre-tow-truck-crash-blocks-track
CorgisButtsDriveMeNuts
PaperStSoapCompany
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woozle
AreWeNotDoingPhrasingNow
Apothecarius
Was it already wrecked? I'm hoping it was already wrecked.
DragoWhooves
if it's on the back of a truck, it's likely been in an incident, though now any post-incident investigation is fucked up
Apothecarius
Yeah, the arm jabbing the shit out of it, and the sign falling on the fin. I don't know how you're gonna scooby doo that mystery after that.
LongtimeLurkerFirsTimePoster
Now we need a tow truck tow truck.
pushingchildrenintotraffic
o00o0o that wing is fucked
TheDoctorCrankenstein
Didn't even notice it clip the spoiler. That's a lot of damage
swedeonamoose
And will for sure have an insane repair bill for whatever reason.
OneUniverse
Maybe the whole car.
SamuthNBS
It was already fucked by the looks of it
Snufflegrumpagus
Probably costs more than that demolished billboard too.
omgzwtfs
If this price breakdown is remotely close to accurate...ouch https://carnews.nl/en/motorsport/how-much-does-a-formula-2-car-cost/
rihani3
It is just a formula 2 car and those are mass produced because all teams use the same car. So won't be too bad I think. Formula 2 wrecking a lot of cars is pretty normal.
iananimated
Weird voice over talking about people forgetting what it's like to be 60 and becoming old photographs. Dafuq?
Larkins
nailed it!
nation543
SpikedDoggos
What color flag for that one
MyVirginityIsGrowingBack
captainfakeypants
I'm not a poopologist but that's a very reddish brown, and red-poop is a medical emergency, so reddish poop is probably "talk to your GP" territory.
MajorNikon
ExquisiteConundrum
Ope!
SoulfireUK
Happened during this weekends F1 GP in Austria, Red Bull ring.
MacroMoray
Didn't this happen earlier this year once already, or was that a fever dream
flornholio
Oh sh*t - is this the "incident" in F2 practice that the commenters alluded to as delaying the F1?
captainfakeypants
No, the "incident" was a massive crash resulting in a flipped cars and a race halt. Google "Sami Meguetounif Austria 2025"
captainfakeypants
Here, have a link https://www.skysports.com/f1/video/30998/13389724/sami-meguetounif-f2-driver-flips-upside-down-onto-luke-browning-in-scary-crash-in-austria-at-red-bull-ring
flornholio
Damn scary! That's the same turn Franco Morbidelli crashed and nearly killed Valentino Rossi a few years ago.
GorillaFLicks
Oops. I’m sure all that hydraulic fluid was good for the track.
Krashtestdummy
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Snooj
When I fuck up usually no one notices. Fucking up like this with a stadium full of people specifically watching you, holy hell.
captainfakeypants
It was someone's job to design that gantry and probably someone else's job to ensure the vehicle fleet owned by the track operator conforms to the trackside furniture limits.
At least two people fucked up for sure, but neither of those people were driving the truck.
Snooj
Still, it's always a matter of perception.
BlueSnowfox
In the driver's defense, I didn't see a clearance limit posted on either side of that overhang
Nim449
11' 8" (+8)
TurboZamboni
I see what you did there
Isthe4thtimethecharm
I feel this is probably on whoever hung that sign or hired the person to hand that sign. Maybe whoever hired the tow truck.
Ambipolar
"Do we put it in the ad that they need to have prior experience driving a motor vehicle?"
"Naw, man.. We're a race track that would look stupid"
psmith00
first look would have told me this was in British Columbia's Lower Mainland.
Rufferstuff
Travelcedric
I was wondering what had happened in F2 that caused the F1 qualifying to be delayed...now we know!
CarlPearce
You hit a what with a what?!?
noway10
Wow that hydraulic fluid spraying out everywhere was wild. Off to the repair shop with you!
inelastic
https://imgur.com/GM2AsPQ.gif
SlayerOfGoat
Is that also hydraulic fluid spraying out of the arm? That's gonna be a bitch for the track crew to clean.
RecurringNightmare
also gotta figure out how to get the race car off the truck now as the crane is borked...
SumOneElse
An oil down is an oil down. Track crew have lots of experience cleaning those up. This should be relatively easy since it was limited to a small location, not painted halfway around the track before the vehicle came to a halt.
ATLandNerdy
Nice catch, totally missed that.
MattTheImperialRadarTechnician
Toss a match, wait 3 minutes, problem gone.
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
You see what it says on the side of the tow truck.
FallenJester
Just throw some dry sweep on it
rihani3
Hydraulic fluid is not that hard to clean up I think compared to what they regularly deal with from exploded engines.
CyanideBreathMint
You know it’s oil, right?
rihani3
You do know that all types of oil are not the same, right?
CyanideBreathMint
Ya. But what would be more difficult to clean up than a petroleum based product, ie all the other engine stuff that you mentioned in saying hydraulic fluid would be easier to clean up?
NKato
Correct, plus if you use denatured alcohol directly on any oil spill leftovers, it breaks up the oil and makes it easier to clean up.
Vixess
Feels like a lot of planning error here
Randomice
Oh, that must be Kimi's car. Didn't know this had happened.
Iplacetinyflagsindogpoop
It's not Kimi's car. It's a F2 car and happend before the F1 race.
Randomice
Ah, looked like a Mercedes car.
GwaboButt
10 place penalty to Verstappen
GrandmasterSpank
Deserved because he pushed that truck off the track.
Krashtestdummy
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TerrorAustralisIncognita
10 seconds to Ocon