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Originally Posted by ckissick
I meant the first video. The car was going dead straight and then just shot off to its right. What the heck caused that? Did the driver sneeze?
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I noticed that too. I would guess that was a suspension failure, like a wishbone breaking or something. The car just suddenly turned right while going down the straight.
According to Planetlemans.com it was a 'failure under braking'...
"The race continued with the Audi behind the number 8 Peugeot until almost one hour before race end disaster stroke as the Oreca number 5 of Stéphane Ortelli had a failure under braking at the first chicane and became airborne landing about 300 meters further after a horrific accident. A broken ankle for Ortelli as only consequence is the testimony to the safety of the tub, which had to endure an enormous amount of damage on its way to the guard rail where the tumbling finally came to a stop. A very important remark here as well is the attitude of Allan McNish whose car was missed by mere inches by the flying Oreca and immediately radioed his team to get the ambulances to the crash site. Hats off to the Scotsman for that swift decision and speed of reaction. Our best wishes for recovery for Stéphane Ortelli as well, the good news late Saturday evening about his state were a big relief for all of us at Monza."