Marko Hanželic
Let’s remember, this was that race they were at Ferrari take care of the most controversial conclusion, in which it is Rubens Barrichello in the last bend of the race Michael Schumacher left the victory. Even before the trophies were awarded to the best, the audience in Spielberg booed both red racers, and Schumacher tried to fix everything by Barichella pushed to the top step on which the Brazilian had to listen German leader, and in the end he pushed the winning trophy into his hands. Nevertheless, most of the Seventh Force and fans agreed that it was the conduct of the Reds inadmissible.
But let’s leave Ferrari and their then-flies aside for now and dedicate ourselves to this year’s winner of the prestigious race for 500 miles from Indianapolis. takuma sato came to Formula 1 right in the 2002 season and together with Giancarlo Fisichello formed an interesting duo at the team Jordan Honda.
The (almost for him) fatal one May 12, 2002 is takuma sato in his sixth Formula 1 race he met up close "Matilda", after the whole situation was very similar to the one with the threesome Morbidelli-Zarco-Rossi at the championship races MotoGP for the Austrian GP just under two weeks ago.
Sato is with his Jordan Hondo then drove into a right turn, the moment he suddenly flew in from the meadow Nick Heidfeld in his Sauber and crashed with all his might into the side of the Japanese car. The German had previously lost control of the vehicle and was uncontrollably catapulted across the lawn into an unsuspecting Japanese man.
The events were triggered by the departure of a safety car that hit the track after it did Oliver Panis the engine suddenly exploded on the start-finish plane. At the end of lap 27, the safety car pulled off the track and the caravan of racing cars approached the second turn as it Nick Heidfeld noticed smoke from the backside Minardi's race car, which he managed alex yong, pressed hard on the (unheated) brakes, causing it to spun and slid across the grass past the second bend, missing a few inches Juana Pablo Montoyo, which is Sata overtook for a lap and eventually crashed into Japanese.
They're in the air flying pieces of carbon, both cars were badly damaged, the rear part Sauber, along with a titanium gearbox they penetrated everything to the cockpit of the Sat race car. The Japanese man hit the steering wheel with his knees and hit him broke in half, had a major wound above his hip, but did not lose consciousness.
Legendarni Dr. Sid Watkins he and his assistants struggled for ten minutes to get the unfortunate Japanese man out of the cockpit, as the collision was so strong that his helmet was squeezed, and one of the protruding parts penetrated the cockpit below his knees. Heidfeld's Sauber, so Sato was practically trapped in a race car. Both s Heidfeld, who was visibly limping, was then flown by helicopter to University Hospital of Graz.
Sid Watkins je Eddie Jordan, team owner Jordan, said he was Sato survived "By a miracle", which is why Jordan commented: "Someone up there obviously loves him."
A few days ago, the Japanese made history for the second time, as after 2017 he celebrated at the famous race for 500 miles of Indianapolis, albeit in a way he didn't want to, as the racers of the last five laps are due to a serious accident Spencer Pigot taken behind a safety car.
