Sophia Floersch 3D Crash Animation [60FPS] - Macau 2018

[@Crashalong]

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[@iemv8900]

Can you do Belgium 1998

[@EwanGames820]

Ye Belgium 1998 or 2018

[@yellowflagswaving]

This is just great. I am really considering this, but... i dont want to donate per month, but at once, per year. I am happy to donate and to look forward to your videos and to hopefully seeing fullfilled my requests in the future. I think this is a great opportunity to see what happened to especially the heroes we lost when there was limited footage or none at all, like Jim Clarks fatal crash.

[@PenultimateSpan11]

Great work! That animation was awesome! Thank goodness that Sophia is okay. But again, very very scary crash. The crash reminds me of that horrific crash at Silverstone when Max got thrown right to the barrier which it could’ve killed him if the halo isn’t there. If Verstappen had touched Hamilton and got into the air and hit the fence, he could be injured. But I’m glad that it didn’t happen. And that is when Max will say. I’m very happy that the halo was there for me. Good thing that it saved my life. So that crash was horrendous to watch. The halo could’ve saved Sophia’s life if it was introduced in this sport. Again, mega work!

[@bye466]

game name?

[@MixedRealitySimRacing]

0:41 what a transition

[@dvillisback]

This was unexpected but really well done, i’m so glad you covered this crash

[@LeroyW70]

Honestly that is terrifying. What's more terrifying is how good the animation are coming along. Good job crashalong!

[@epicgamingchannel318]

wow this comment was executed very well. good job bruh moment!

[@yiply42]

Such a miracle that everyone survived, truly awesome. Almost as awesome as the transition at 0:41

[@ItzChickenYall]

Glad someone else took notice!

[@randomisntavailable]

that was so clean I ain’t even notice

[@alias19]

And the onea at 0:20 and 0:28

[@NolanRempel]

This crash shows two things: One, it shows just how vital it is that the halo, or some form of it NEEDS to be on all open-wheel single-seaters. Two: It's yet another example of why we need to think of a better alternative to Sausage Kerbs. I imagine had it not been there she would have slammed into Tsuboi yes, but they would have just impacted the tire barrier, and Floersch likely wouldn't have left the circuit.

[@ventisette.]

If anything it shows how important the safety advancements before the halo (high cockpit sides, tougher roll bars) were. Sausage kerbs need to disappear. On purpose-built tracks they have even less reason to exist, just bring the fucking gravel traps back.

[@NolanRempel]

@@ventisette. Look no further than Alex Peroni's massive launch in the same year IIRC at Monza off a sausage kerb.

[@cris2243]

I aggree with your first point. Regarding your second point, i disaggree. If Flörsch slammed sideways into Tsuboi, he could have suffered severe injuries due to the side impact on his car by the rear of Flörschs car at this speed and the occurring deceleration and energy. But yeah, sausage kerbs can be a big danger if placed wrong.

[@GhostEyeHK]

Also, Red Bull should use this simple for prevent Verstappen got grid penalty in Qatar… This accident also caused by erroneously flags. More importantly, no one get penalty for slow down or not…

[@gt362gamer]

​@@ventisette. I think it shows both things, although at the same time I have the feeling that this particular accident could have been worse with halos involved. Without them, Sophia's car was already launched off track, where would her car have gone if it had to go over the halo? At least we can agree those kerbs should be avoided, can't they just use sensors to detect off tracks?

[@pugzilla330]

As someone who had recently studied this incident, to the point of collecting as many photos and angles as I could, this is incredible work, down to the smallest detail!

[@Z0RDR4CK]

well there are still some more details to take care of, but nothing essential. f.e. no yellow flags shown, even tho the subtitle mentioned it, and sophia was holding the steering wheel the whole time, which we know she didn't - as soon as she realized she lost the car she let go of it. it's incredible work still, but imagine all of this would had been considered and built in - could had been awesome.

[@soysorbi2587]

Ok, so I didn't know anything about this crash so I firstly watched the real videoclip and HOLY SHIT, that was really scary. I can't believe no one died from that, even after seeing your reconstruction where I discover that Tsuboi almost was decapitated, the photographer and the marshall were hit by the fence pushed by a object going at +150km/h and the other photographer was hit by the guardrail. As for the video, it is as always really good, showing as a detailed replay with all sorts of angles.

[@JJ2004]

0:42 wow this shot was amazing, great edit!

[@etherion177]

Before Grosjean's crash in Bahrain, this one terrified me. Keep up the good work! I hope some channel takes this incident and explains it further.

[@alias19]

This one should probably still terrify you.

[@JimNoob]

This animation has shown your progress. Fenomenal keep going man

[@TnTProDuctionsFilms]

It's amazing just how accurate you get the original camera angles to line up with the simulation.

[@Whatever_man]

I'm so glad I found this channel some time back. I love your clear crash simulations. They're very informative and insightful. I hope you continue them, they're the best on youtube!

[@jochemvollmuller6781]

Love the level of detail, keep up the good work

[@h.a.9880]

Wow, this video has absolutely insane production value! That being said, in aviation, there's the "swiss-cheese-model" to explain why a planecrash happened. It's a visualization of layers of safety features lined up, every layer has holes, that are usually blocked by the next layer, but sometimes several layers stack in a way that a "hole" goes through all safety layers, that's when a planecrash happens. I feel like this crash is the exact opposite - everything lined up perfectly, so no one died. Flörsch hit Tsuboi in just the right way to not injure him terribly. Her car struck the fence (and no person directly) in such a way that no one was killed. She struck that booth in just the right way to not get killed herself. Also, no one inside (or behind) the booth was injured in a way to be lethal. It's insanely lucky. Had that been a place for a grandstand, it could have been like Le Mans '55.

[@philgiglio7922]

Some died due to the crash, the majority from the magnesium fire that followed.

[@h.a.9880]

@@philgiglio7922 That's true, but a racecar like that crashing into a grandstand would undeniably cause a lot of deaths and injuries, even without bursting into flames.

[@__-vb3ht]

​@@h.a.9880​@h.a.9880 I mean it's amazing that no one died, but at least a few of the layers at work here were dumb luck, not safety precautions. The cars didn't have a halo, nowadays they do, and the sausage curb unnecessarily lifted the car above the other cars' crash structure and above the trackside barrier

[@h.a.9880]

@@__-vb3ht Absolutely, it's just very fortunate that everything else (like the positions of the people behind the fence) just so happened to be outside the areas where they would have been crushed by the car. This could have become one of open-wheel racing's most devastating moments with a loss of many lives, but it didn't. Some precautions worked (like the construction of the car) others didn't, like the sausage kerb.

[@__-vb3ht]

@@h.a.9880 @h.a.9880 Yes, it's fortunate that there are such potentially devastating but practically lucky accidents that can point towards safety issues without anyone actually dying. Now if only they applied the lessons learned from this crash. There have been enough incidents with sausage kerbs that ended a lot better than they could have, I don't want to wait for an accident they can not ignore

[@Cymbalix]

Honestly, one of the best youtube channels out there.

[@LostIrishHoodie]

the intense accuracy in which these videos are made honestly is beyond incredible. you are a true connoisseur of your art

[@strredwolf]

This is too good. I'm glad nobody died in this one... but I can't stop thinking when Floersch hit the top of the fencing and then the photographer stand. *FWAP!* *Foomp!* Thanks again. Keep up the good work.

[@sturmschnitzel]

incredible and phenomenal This Video shows your progress in the last time.

[@JUSTRACINGYT]

Unbelievable job as always. More historic famous crashes like this one would be great!!

[@Crashalong]

Expect more historic accidents in F1's winter break!

[@discflame]

Definitely one of the scariest crashes in recent memory. Great analysis.

[@lucasmalassine2367]

Amazing job as always, you deserve way more visibility !

[@MackAttack101]

subbed before you changed ur name to crashalong, loving the quality of this stuff my guy!

[@63georgerussell43]

Keep up with the Good work!! I finally can understand all the crashes that happened in other Motorsports thanks!!

[@Crashalong]

Tx George ;)

[@formulanova12]

Your channel has grown so much since, I remember you having 300 subscribers and now look.

[@thebillionairenextdoor8701]

The quality is incredible! Amazing work

[@krzysztofzwolinski956]

I'm so glad you're doing your work! I was waiting for such a analysis, becouse every available video didn't represent and show what apparently happend

[@Matthew_3WWWChannel]

0:32 OMG 😱 POV view is given a true experience of how powerful and dangerous that crash 💥 was. It’s a miracle that pilot not died

[@mrtriforcehero5382]

Great work as usual!

[@niismo.]

Thank you! To me, one of the most interesting crashes out there. Great to see this

[@jonhattanrai]

Wow! This is extremely well made! Thanks for this.

[@Teunstah]

Once again great video!

[@thecookiedistributor6658]

Waiting so long for this

[@cliffpinto7405]

Fantastic edit. Thank you

[@PyroBun_2844]

Honestly, the fact that no one was killed in this is incredible.

[@ICY-HURR]

Most incredible breakdown, thank you.

[@chichorito3332]

YESSS THANK YOU!

[@riverdelta7052]

One of the most horrific crashes of recent years. I remember audibly saying "holy shit" when the footage first came out.

[@BazookaHamster]

@Vague “One” of the most

[@riverdelta7052]

​@Vague It's pointless to compare but from a injury standpoint imo Floersch's was worse.

[@Marpurrsa]

@Vague i personally think this one is more terrifying as it couldve easily killed 3-4 people

[@gcm747]

Fantastic breakdown of what is one of the scariest open wheel crashes I’ve ever seen.

[@LionelRonaldo97]

Thank you for this video!

[@nickbauerly5438]

This is awesome stuff. Thank you for this contribution!

[@Porkchop245]

0:41 that editing skill is insane..

[@bartboersma1]

Nice! Looks good crashalong

[@gianb3952]

I always wanted to know what happened in this crash more accurately. What better than a crashalong video. 10/10 video as always man

[@jeffreytenthije]

Really cool how you recreated those real shots

[@battlerog_fr]

finaly i can see this accident in detail , thx man ( or woman )

[@montanan5130]

I honestly hadn't heard of this crash before now, but jeez. There are several people in this scenario that are lucky to be alive.

[@peppermann]

Unbelievable. Superb animation but a truly horrific crash.

[@Shinyworldwide]

Fucking christ that crash looked scary and then became even scarier when you told me more people were involved

[@aaron979]

This is very well made

[@daniloreyf1]

Amazing job man

[@AlejandroJames]

Amazing detail!! Keep up 👍👍👍👍👍

[@Jesus4Life354]

Finnaly I can see how it happened keep up the good work

[@DrugovichFan86]

Can we take a moment to just apreciate the fact the, Crashalong has put so much effort in this that he actually put the track signs drawings (since the Macau GP track is a street circuit). P.S.: You can see it at 0:03

[@AaronShenghao]

Not to mention the accurate advertisement placement

[@njetmolotoff9726]

ive watched from the beggining of this channel theese videos and they are very good to watch:) next animation of a carsh that hapened long time ago? 🐢🐢

[@bogdanbusui5249]

Happy birthday, Sophia!🏎️❤️

[@Crashalong]

How the hell did I miss this

[@bogdanbusui5249]

@@Crashalong You did? I thought it was like a birthday present to make a video about her

[@Crashalong]

@@bogdanbusui5249 Would you be happy with this as a birthday present 😅? I was hoping to finish before this years Macau GP and relate it to that

[@adamgthompson]

Brilliant. Thank you.

[@salmussantiago7626]

Damn to think more than 4 people could be killed in this crash is honestly terrifying

[@nickford13]

Babe wake up crashalong posted🙏

[@ForzaPolska06]

I have a question Why are saussage kerbs a thing? What they do? They only injure drivers, cause floor damage etc. Everyone is talking about safety now and saussage kerbs are there and nobody even talks about them being removed It's ridicoulous

[@liftoff8285]

The idea is to, stop drivers from cutting corners or using to much road on the exit of the corner. It's a terrible idea.

[@Crashalong]

You are asking the right questions. I think it is still one of the most efficient ways to prevent corner cutting. Lower racing series might not have stewards watching every overtake, so there needs to be a fair method to prevent illegal overtakes. But I agree that the FIA grade circuits could definitely put some money in finding better solutions.

[@fhz3062]

Saussage kerbs are a paradox on its own. For safety, many areas around tracks that were grass or gravel (or mud?) were replaced by asphalted areas. like Paul Riccard, France. Asphalted are more safe because cars going through it are less likely to spin, flip over, lose control and crash overall. Then, someone very smart (irony) noticed drivers could take an unfair advantage while overtaking of in qualification laps. The solution was to add sausage kerbs as a way to punish whoever tries to take this advantage, by losing time, or even wrecking the car a little bit if it crosses on slow speed. The huge paradox comes when many accidents were much more dangerous just because uncontrollable high speed cars hit sausage kerbs and are launched into the air. Even low speed accidents like Verstappen and Hamilton in Monza 2021 shows how a simple crash could have turned into a fatal accident if it weren't halo and thousand of security measures taken over the years.

[@Andy_the_X]

Great job!

[@ValyArdeleanu]

Thanks crashalong! That is an amazing animation well done Now can you do Marcus ericcsons crash at Monza 2018

[@babydino5616]

I'm a audience that year and I just seen it wow,and u know what the crashing driver is still alive after that.

[@maxwellpeter5955]

How she survive that what could've been a fatal crash is beyond me, but i'm glad that she got to race another day

[@anderozco]

excellent reconstruction, you have one of the accident of dan wheldon

[@ebob4177]

No doubt the craziest crash without fatalities.

[@mrbeschissen6690]

Great video as always! 😎 Not only Sophia was very lucky, Tsuboi too. Had he been hit in the head it could have been fatal

[@daveking77]

Same thought...also no Halo

[@user-pi8fn6wm9j]

Amazing video

[@Thunder_4777]

1:16 so close to the other driver's head!

[@Learn-more610]

Sausage Kerbs are a bad idea on normal racetracks. But to use them on a road course like this with no run off or sand pit it is as unbelievable as the crash itself. 2 drivers and 2 track workers could have died!

[@ab8jeh]

Bizarrely this is the one occasion where I think the sausage kerb kind of helped in a weird way, a direct t-bone incident at the corner would have probably been worse.

[@justmy-profilename]

I would fully agree if you hadn't used the word "probably" 😉 Because the probability of this accident not turning really bad was small, in other words there was a lot of luck. E.g. just a tiny deviation of Sophia's car would have been enough to hit Daruvala's head, which certainly would have been worse than an direct side-impact in the crash structure of his car. Marshalls, Photographers and Spectators are also by a huge margin safer if cars don't get airborne. These sausage kerbs are a costly lottery, they may help sometimes a bit, but at other occasions they are literally ramping up the risk. Many thanks to the crashalong channel for providing such a great opportunity to see all the little details which matter!

[@ab8jeh]

@@justmy-profilename oh absolutely, I'm not defending sausage kerbs one bit they should never be used. I'm just talking about the very fortunate circumstances during this particular event.

[@ericdanielski4802]

Nice video.

[@narniadici1976]

What a spectacular crash, glad everyone made it out

[@RenoF1]

Simply incredible.

[@LunnarisLP]

Very impressive for me to see her drive so well and confident around Macau just 5 Years later cruising to a P11 finish after making up a couple of positions (arguably some because a guy in front drove into the wall :D and the race had to even finish under a SC) in a field packed with many talented drivers with some of them being fromer winners at Macao. Either way even if she didnt finish or came in last I just feel its so impessive how she didnt let her past impact her. I think many people would have just stopped racing after such an incident or at very least wouldnt go out of their way to start at macao again. (It's not an official F3 race so she didnt have to be there, e.g. some other drivers in todays GP drive indycar instead or are F2 drivers). So yeah props to her strong mental state. I really hope she can become the first woman to actually achieve something meaningful in modern racing after she managed to be the first woman to get any points in an F3 race this season.

[@gertjuhhhhh2995]

Is that Guy even still alive? Huge impact in that wall. Btw super nice edits!!

[@iemv8900]

I saw this on the news like a few years ago. Crazy

[@ryderxxx2986]

This was so detailed

[@Toro_Da_Corsa]

109th commenter here. This is going to get millions.

[@rubenjorge13]

This was one of the most horrifying crashes I had ever seen

[@cammanhflife1982]

I'm surprised she even surrived

[@loriumartinez]

could you do one for kenny bracks crash in indycar at texas? he went up and into the catchfense before hitting a post and experiencing 213 gs

[@Crashalong]

I've seen it again now and put it higher up the shortlist. The fact that it remains the highest measured amount of G's, makes it interesting to compare to other incidents now. Due to the insane spin after the hit, I wonder if the location of the data recorder has anything to do with it

[@Daayweed]

Remember watching it year ago, wondered when will it show up here

[@cjmsaracingnetwork5937]

You should do the w series crash at spa and start doing other series like indycar and formula e

[@judge9631]

Have you ever thought about making a crash reconstruction for a crash that isn't open wheel? I'm a big open wheel fan but also stock car fan.

[@Crashalong]

Yeah, I follow a lot of other racing series as well. But the most memorable incidents for me are open wheelers. So, if a recent event catches my eye I'll definitely consider it, but for historic incidents it's not at the top of the list, but who knows. Any specific suggestions?

[@formulabf1]

@@Crashalong Peter dumbreck Le Mans 1999 Allan mcnish Le Mans 2011

[@medureczek]

Woooow, it looks like a miracle that they all survived.

[@caewqk1366]

i love this animation

[@havse69]

Sho tsuboi and the marshals/photographers are really lucky to be alive

[@bennzy4173]

Great video, you should do Jules Bianci crash r.i.p

[@Norbert854]

Das war schon Heftig nur gut das es so Ausgegangen ist!

[@Duval02]

Thanks for great vids! And could you please make one more about Hubert crash?

[@casperb4707]

He's back!

[@juliokuok5718]

One of the Marshall is my squash coach he fully recovered a few months ago, but still have scars in the body

[@danort17]

I always thought her head was in the middle of the opening there and that was what safed her. Didn't know she was actually a bit lower.

[@tzeffsmainchannel]

I've NEVER heard about *this* crash before! Floersch almost went "SPLAT!" 😱

[@astronomiarblx]

you should do Pourchaire and Fittipaldi's 72G crash at Soudi Arabia in F2

[@sennahun]

OMG! Very good!

[@Liger_Soba]

Bro…. 0:40 Is nobody talking about this sick ass transition???? I mean it’s a tragic moment, luckily she survived, but this transition deserves recognition! 👀💦

[@SceneArtisan]

Any chance to see either Marcus Ericsson's crash at the Italian Grand Prix in 2018,.. and/or Fernando Alonso at Inter-Lagos (Brazil) in 2003?

[@Corvus67]

if this happened during the 70s a lot of people would've died... Thankful for the different safety measures being implemented today