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Originally Posted by ZCanadian
Definitely. One could argue that he had a fair bit of motivation here. But he must have been severely shaken by the crash - it takes a moment to get your bearings after a high G deceleration like that. There must have been very little visibility other than flames, his tear-offs would be melting onto the visor making it even worse. Who knows what debris might have been in his way, or what may have been melting and preventing proper operation (harness, steering wheel, headrest, etc). Perhaps he could hear yelling from the medical team, but I doubt it (earplugs meant to protect from an F1 engine behind his head), so he wouldn't even be certain which way was safest to run. Having to traverse 30 feet of burning fuel slick would not have added to the survivability of this crash!
Take a stopwatch to the event. I think Niki Lauda was looking down on him yesterday, because he used up every one of those 10 seconds (and then some).
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Agreed! He definitely had a guardian angel watching over him. I can't imagine what the impact of hitting that barrier must of felt like and the to gain his wits to figure out what to do next but as one of my favorite comedians, Richard Pryor said..."Fire is a great motivator, set brother on fire and he will run the 100 yard dash in less than 10 seconds!"
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