Worldwide mourning, anger and horror: the tragic accidental death of the British Indycar race driver Dan Wheldon has shocked the motor racing. The 33-year-old was involved in the final of the Indycar Series 300 in Las Vegas into a pile of 15 cars.
Wheldon car shot into the air and flew away over another car into the catch fence and caught fire immediately. Wheldon died shortly afterwards in hospital from his injuries. He leaves a wife and two sons. "Our thoughts and prayers are with his family," said CEO Randy Bernard Indycar.
The horror pictures provided in Formula 1, where the two-time winner of the classic Indy 500 had many friends, for deep concern. "I have this morning about the terrible accident tells where Dan Wheldon has died, and when something finds out you're just shocked and stunned," world champion Michael Schumacher wrote on his website, I 'of his family wish now very much force ".
Injured on the racetrack, drivers responded given the crash in which three other pilots were also shocked. "Right now I am paralyzed and speechless. One minute we joke around in the driver's vision and the next he is dead, "the winner and IndyCar Wheldon said former teammate Dario Franchitti of Scotland, fell again into hysterics. The drivers were informed two hours after the accident on Wheldon's death. The race was subsequently discontinued. Then the pilot turned the Oval honor five laps for Wheldon.
From the very thought of the British Formula 1 racing their fellow athletes. "I so many good memories of Dan from the early 90s did. He was a true fighter. We lost a legend of our sport, but also a great man, "tweeted McLaren driver Jenson Button. Even his team mate Lewis Hamilton expressed dismay: "This is an extremely sad day. This is a tragic loss at such a young age. My heart is in this extremely difficult time with his family and friends. "
Many of today's drivers were top class motor sport Wheldon at the beginning of their career encounters. The Australian Red Bull team-mate of world champion Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber tweeted,: "rest in peace." And Rubens Barrichello said: "I will always remember the wonderful times when we went to Brazil kart, my friend. »
Formula 1 is still fortunately spared since the tragic accident of the Brazilian motorsport legend Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger in 1994 in the Austrian Imola deaths. Wheldon's fate was also Schumacher ponder. "We always talk about us so all one that motor sport is now so certain that no human has to lose his life, but unfortunately that's just wishful thinking but still," said the 42-year-old.
In the last IndyCar Series 2006 of the American Paul Dana was killed. In training in the oval of Las Vegas had now been reached before the crash speeds of up to 360 kilometers per hour. Therefore, the driver had already expressed concern before the race. "It was like a brutal movie. On the whole roadway debris were, you could smell the smoke, see smoke rising from the car and it was a log fire, around which we are driving around, "said Danica Patrick racing colleague. "There are no words for it. I am like many others devastated.
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