Mark Webber in heavy crash in World Endurance Championship Sao Paulo, Brazil

[gary]

Mark Webber has been involved in a heavy crash at the World Endurance
Championship at the Interlagos circuit in Brazil whilst driving the Porsche
919 Hybrid, after colliding with another car driven by Matteo Cressoni.

Story, photos and video here :-
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorspo...30-11xdcr.html

Originally Posted by Sydney Morning Herald

The crash caused an oil fire in the wreckage of the Porsche but Webber raised an arm and gave the thumbs up as he was being placed into the ambulance.

Webber's teammate Romain Dumas said the Australian was okay.

"He [Webber] was talking on the radio he knows his name, he knows where he is, it looks okay," said Dumas.
Race organisers said that Cressoni was uninjured in the crash.

"Cressoni was checked by the medical staff at the side of the track and cleared, while Mark Webber, who was awake and alert, was taken to the circuit medical centre for further examination," said a statement from the organisers.

The Australian crashed with less than half-an-hour left in the race. The 6 Hours of Sao Paulo ended behind the safety car.

[torana68 (Roger)]

"he knows his name, he knows where he is"
if he were a footballer that would be probably be it, at the best of times after a 300k prang thats pretty good.

[xelasnave]

That would put you off.
Very lucky man.

[gary]

Originally Posted by xelasnave

That would put you off.
Very lucky man.

Hi Alex,

Not sure how many lives a Jaguar has but Mark took one life off one 11 years ago.

At a wet Brazilian F1 Grand Prix in 2003, Mark had a big crash at the
same circuit.

There were several spins and crashes during that race. Mark himself
spun off once and recovered only to later spin off again, hit the
barrier and what remained of his car ricocheted across the track.

With debris strewn across the track, Fernando Alonso could not sight
it as he came up the hill and collided with a tyre. In a video recorded last
year, Webber and Alonso interviewed each other and Alonso
cited that particular accident as the worse he ever experienced.

Some of the events at F1 Interlagos 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iikUvXPKjE

Alonso and Webber interview each other :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdw7MO8pbRA

[xelasnave]

Yes
He is using up his share of luck.
Not detracting from his ability
Personally I would retire.
And luck is probabilities

[griz11 (Dan)]

I haven't read any reports of what actually caused it. I was watching the pay per view but didn't see the start of the accident just then hitting the wall and him going back across the track? The Ferrari looked like it was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and got hit as a result.

Griz

[04Stefan07 (Stefan)]

It's also the same place Fernando Alonso had a massive accident when he was driving for Renault in 2003.