Galli broke a femur and will be out for the rest of the season. Just in case you forgot how dangerous driving at 100mph inches from trees actually is take a look at the on-board from Gigi's car. Consider that a WRC car will require something in the order of 2500 man hours to build the cage and reinforce the chassis then take a look at the angle of the steering column after the impact. Galli likely owes his life to those cage builders.
Frightening stuff, take a look
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I broke a tree with my rally car, once. Not nearly this fast, mind. This looks like he hit trees down low on the car; check how his seat comes up with the impact. Not pretty, but he's very lucky.
ReplyDeleteLucky is a good thing to be as a rally driver!
ReplyDeleteTrees are very dangerous for anyone that likes to drive fast on tight roads, no matter how good the driver (see what happened to Peter Brock for example)
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