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waider ([personal profile] waider) wrote2002-09-02 10:20 pm
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why F1 drivers wear flameproof suits

[There used be a picture here of a Jordan having its engine blow up]
This was spectacular to watch, although probably terrifying for the driver who had to contend not only with an engine demolishing itself in a spectacular fireball a few inches behind him, but also with the fact that the car was doing in excess of 100MPH when this happened.