2023 FIA WEC 6 Hours of Spa, van der Zande's massive crash - View from the new grandstand (4K)

[@EricBresil93]

Hope he’s okay 😖 very impressive…

[@diethersantos6404]

He got out of the car

[@davidmizell940]

​@diethersantos6404 then he bowed to the fans who were applauding.

[@mazda_rt24-p]

does anyone know how many G forces he experienced, I guessed around on a calculator and got 82 G's but that seems a little too much for the tire wall impact

[@smartandfast1]

Without actual data from the team it’s very difficult to tell. Things like speed, both lateral and longitudinal deacceleration in a very short time window, how much of the impact the car absorbed… are all variables in how much G-forces the driver had to endure in the crash

[@ouonouanwilfried-desire7758]

It wasn't a tire wall. It was TECPRO and it's much better at absorbing forces. On a tire wall the crash would have been much much worse.

[@AZBCDE]

This is what happens when you open the track with oceans and oceans of run off. Drivers push beyond the limits without any fear and you end up with big crashes like these 💀💀💀

[@davidmizell940]

Or the steering locks up and you are along for the ride.

[@AZBCDE]

@@davidmizell940 or the steering locks up because you go beyond the limit and the oceans of run off is going to save you. Now think about it kid 💀

[@dabossman3924]

​@@AZBCDEyou can reasonably take eau rouge flat out, you can see the car bottoming out (you can see the sparks) which is where the driver lost control

[@AZBCDE]

@@dabossman3924 If your car it bottoming and you lose control then no you can’t take it flat out kid. Casual fan 💀

[@dabossman3924]

​@@AZBCDE the other cars went flat through it tho, also it depends on where on the corner you are