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The obvious one is that it ruins the car, at the end of the video you see his car is stopped on the track, presumably he broke some control arms and can't drive
by ehnto 4y ago
The obvious one is that it ruins the car, at the end of the video you see his car is stopped on the track, presumably he broke some control arms and can't drive it back to the pits.
So it works once, then you're out, and you have to hope you pull it off safely. It was a massive risk, not all courses have a wall that wouldn't have wrecked the car. He mentions that part in the video.
- modeless 4y agoHe actually drove back to the pits OK, amazingly enough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27S42Y5km4I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27S42Y5km4I
- ehnto 4y agoThat is pretty crazy. I can't imagine he kept his wheel alignment which would have been impactful if he had to keep racing, but it's impressive the suspension arms survived that. Maybe the new gen cage contacts before the wheels and they took most of the force?
- modeless 4y agoI wonder if they modified the car for this at all? I've gotta imagine that he at least discussed the possibility of doing this with his crew before he went and did it.
- swader999 4y agoHe did discuss it with his crew with five laps to go, so it wasn't spur of the moment but pretty close.
- tylergetsay 4y agoAny recordings of this part?