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Conor Daly Somehow Survives This Horrendous Crash At A GP3 Race In Monaco

by Dylan Murphy | 1:47 pm, May 26th, 2012

I’m not sure how Conor Daly survived this crash. His car was going one billion miles per hour, nudged the car in front of him, flipped up into the air and slammed into the ground. As the announcer notes, the fencing did its job – even if it didn’t lessen the visual horror.

(Skip to the :45 second mark for the crash.)

It’s impossible to know whether the car, the fence or other safety precautions prevented serious injury and/or loss of life, but everyone is glad those safeguards, whatever they may be, were in place. More importantly, the aesthetics-conscious Daly remembered to put the steering wheel back in its place before walking away from the wreck – you know, because nothing else was wrong with the car.

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Kwf1club

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More importantly, the aesthetics-conscious Daly remembered to put the steering wheel back in its place before walking away from the wreck – you know, because nothing else was wrong with the car.”
It’s a rule that a driver must replace the steering wheel after getting out of the car. It has nothing to do with aesthetics or him thinking the car was driveable.
Jerry Baustian

That is true — failure to put the steering wheel back in place can result in a fine for the driver, loss of points (if any), and being demoted on the starting grid for the next race.

Obviously, if the driver is injured/incapacitated, then there’s no penalty. But the rule is pounded into drivers so that even if they’re barely conscious, they will still automatically replace the steering wheel.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Rick-Johnson/100000190455903 Rick Johnson

Clearly this was a case of blocking. Most road racing series allows the car in front to make ONE move to defend. Constantly cutting off the car behind you like he did is clearly blocking. As far as the accident goes. Nothing more spectacular than you will see on a normal Saturday night at your local track. Locked wheel and nose came up/