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Terrible news...

From race control:

During today’s first race of the ADAC 24h Nürburgring Qualifiers, a serious accident involving seven competitors occurred in the early stages. Following the collision between several vehicles, race control immediately halted the race to allow for extensive recovery and rescue operations.

Despite the immediate arrival of emergency services, the emergency medics were unable to save the driver involved, Juha Miettinen (BMW 325i, #121), after he had been extracted from the vehicle; the driver died at the Medical Centre after all attempts at resuscitation proved unsuccessful.

The other six drivers involved were taken to the Medical Centre and nearby hospitals for precautionary examinations. None of the injured are in a life-threatening condition.

Appalling news. Thoughts with his family and team.
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Araxen

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Apparently, a car was leaking oil(or some sort of fluid) on the track, and it caused a 7 car pile up. It's just terrible luck.
 
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Araxen said:
Apparently, a car was leaking oil(or some sort of fluid) on the track, and it caused a 7 car pile up. It's just terrible luck.
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I raced motorcycles in my early 20's and saw a guy die in a similar fashion at Hallett in Oklahoma. Another bike blew his motor on the straight and oiled down the braking zone, dude went into the tires at about 120 and then got smashed by other bikes crashing after him.

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Kharzette said:
Are we finally getting some racing again? That was like going thru winter again.
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It wasn't ideal, but it will be interesting to see some early season upgrades with this extended break. I'm hopeful for some much closer racing as teams who didn't nail it like Mercedes have a chance to make some significant adjustments.
 
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brekk said:
It wasn't ideal, but it will be interesting to see some early season upgrades with this extended break. I'm hopeful for some much closer racing as teams who didn't nail it like Mercedes have a chance to make some significant adjustments.
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The motoGP sprint was exciting :D
 
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