Henry Surtess RIP.

[Matt@CodeRedMotorsports]

Henry Surtees (son of John Surtees) died after a crash at Brands Hatch today aged 18.
Very sad news.

[Mart]

Was also gonna start a thread on this.

A case of him being in the wrong place at the wrong time :(

I thought all the hubs were supposed to be 'chained' to the cars these days, or is that just in F1?

RIP.

[The new Bill J]

I've just seen the accident. That's about as unlucky as it gets :(

RIP.

[bye_all_c_ya]

where did you see it and get the news last i heard he was in a bad way ?

[Mart]

AutoSport News.

The race was on EuroSport earlier.

[c5 swh]

just watched it on youtube. very unlucky RIP:(

[Ashy]

That is shockingly unlucky! Can't imagine how his family must feel :(

[olidaviesuk]

completely freak accident, thoughts are with his family... :(

[paul b]

couldnt agree on how such a lame accident as it appeared could kill someone,truly unlucky...... only thing you can hope that it quick and painless,

hope his family can be left to grieve as this is such a waste of a young life, even with the best protection in the world, a cruel twist of fate can end a life in the blink of an eye...

makes me think, in the old day's, he would have ducked....with modern safety features, hanns device, neck bracing....you can't move as freely....with the side protection he may not have even seen it coming

RIP young man...

[BriC]

makes me think, in the old day's, he would have ducked....with modern safety features, hanns device, neck bracing....you can't move as freely....with the side protection he may not have even seen it coming

True, but you have to think, there are many more advantages / lives saved from all the modern safety features, so yes, he may have been able to avoid that certain incident if we didn't have the safety features, but 10 more people may have died due to other crashes where the safety features saved them!

Either way, it's a horrible, very unfortunate death :(

[paul b]

i'M NOT KNOCKING MODERN SAFETY////far from it...

the Senna crash still makes me have goose bumps on the back of my neck....glad we don't see as many "fatalities" as we used too....but track safety has also helped there..

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

Such a shame, its a tragic event and bad timing to say the least.

RIP

[Gymnast]

That's awful news, can't imagine how his family feel, and I'm sure with that talent in his blood it's also a huge loss to motorsport :( RIP

[JRP]

I cant even belive that... a wheel at that pace... some impact very rare to find fatalities these days in motorsport. truely is wrong place at wrong time:(

[Ashy]

I cant even belive that... a wheel at that pace... some impact very rare to find fatalities these days in motorsport.

2 that day alone according to wikipedia death list

Sue Burns (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Burns), 58, American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) businesswoman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Businesswoman), principal owner of the San Francisco Giants (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants), cancer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer). [2] (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/19/SPBV18R26E.DTL)
Flavio Guglielmini (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flavio_Guglielmini&action=edit&redlink=1), 27, Italian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy) rally co-driver (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-driver), rally crash. [3] (http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/racing/news/story?id=4339220)
Ingeborg Hunzinger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingeborg_Hunzinger), 94, German (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany) sculptor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpture). [4] (http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/152479.zart-stark.html) (German)
Frank McCourt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_McCourt), 78, Irish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland)-American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) author (Angela's Ashes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela%27s_Ashes)), melanoma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoma). [5] (http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/world-news/2609612/Angelas-Ashes-author-dies)
Gilberto Mestrinho (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gilberto_Mestrinho&action=edit&redlink=1), 81, Brazilian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil) politician (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician), Governor of Amazonas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazonas_(Brazilian_state)) (1959–1963, 1983–1987, 1991–1995), lung cancer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_cancer). [6] (http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Politica/0,,MUL1235130-5601,00.html) (Portuguese)
Henry Surtees (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Surtees), 18, British (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) racing driver (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_racing), Formula Two (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_Two) race crash. [7] (http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77088)
Savely Yamshchikov (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Savely_Yamshchikov&action=edit&redlink=1), 70, Russian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia) art historian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_historian). [8] (http://english.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&q=48436&cid=219&p=19.07.2009)

[JRP]

ashy i ment in comparison to days gone by.... Rally is a whole different ball game.. they are just mental