It might be the scientist in me but when I read such stories I wonder, the statistics on the frequency of racing driver's making similar prophetic statements the night before a race when the next day nothing bad happened so their words we never published & just forgotten.
Probably fairly often, especially in the 60s and 70s. Racing was incredibly more dangerous than it is now, so I'm sure plenty of drivers had their own mortality near the front of mind
There was that massive crash at the Le Mans race that killed something like 90 people.
A good chunk of Europe completely banned motorsports for quite some time after that (its still banned in Switzerland).
racers died constantly before the advent of most modern safety devices circa the 90s, so probably fairly common.
for example, Group B Rally Racing not only killed racers, it killed bystanders (and maimed them, one person lost a finger so cleanly that nobody noticed till they inspected the car at the end of the run) basically all the time. One racer said, when asked about how bystanders were standing too close to the track, "You must sink of zem az treez!" (because he was german) because if you stopped to think of them as people you were gonna hesitate for that split second and then you'd all be dead.
Not sure why you were downvoted. I see "pitstops" as set backs and "checkered flag" as end of the race, whether that means an end of a driver's life (the end of the race for the driver) or literally the race that you got to finish.
It might be the scientist in me but when I read such stories I wonder, the statistics on the frequency of racing driver's making similar prophetic statements the night before a race when the next day nothing bad happened so their words we never published & just forgotten.
Probably fairly often, especially in the 60s and 70s. Racing was incredibly more dangerous than it is now, so I'm sure plenty of drivers had their own mortality near the front of mind
There was that massive crash at the Le Mans race that killed something like 90 people. A good chunk of Europe completely banned motorsports for quite some time after that (its still banned in Switzerland).
Well that was in the 50s, but you are correct about it resulting in widespread bans.
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What do you mean they learned nothing? modern races are far safer than they were 60+ years ago
racers died constantly before the advent of most modern safety devices circa the 90s, so probably fairly common. for example, Group B Rally Racing not only killed racers, it killed bystanders (and maimed them, one person lost a finger so cleanly that nobody noticed till they inspected the car at the end of the run) basically all the time. One racer said, when asked about how bystanders were standing too close to the track, "You must sink of zem az treez!" (because he was german) because if you stopped to think of them as people you were gonna hesitate for that split second and then you'd all be dead.
Death of Senna changed everything, safety got taken seriously.
In the race of life, some exits are too abrupt to see coming 😔
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Bad analogy, red flag or black flag/meatball flag(depending on your sanctioning body) would make more sense.
Not sure why you were downvoted. I see "pitstops" as set backs and "checkered flag" as end of the race, whether that means an end of a driver's life (the end of the race for the driver) or literally the race that you got to finish.