Sato's condition?

EERO · 12 May 2002, 12:55 (Ref:283199)

At first, he was moving in the cockpit and Heidfeld seemed to be worse off. However, the ammount of time spent stabilizing him by the car is worrysome. It seemed to me that one of the technicians was doing CPR. Heidfeld seemed quite upset. These guys are hardened to their own scares in a spin or an accident, I cannot help but think his reaction was genuine fear for Sato.

kertappa · 12 May 2002, 12:58 (Ref:283200)

Yes that was my first thought EERO. But hopefully we're mistaken.

Hope Sato's OK....

Francesca · 12 May 2002, 12:59 (Ref:283201)

No, don't say that.
Let's wait and see if there's any news.

Francesca · 12 May 2002, 13:05 (Ref:283202)

Eddie J was just seen talking to Sid Watkins then was seen talking to someone and raising his eybrows - I think that's a good sign!

badoer fan · 12 May 2002, 13:07 (Ref:283205)

On f1-Live:

"According to news coming from the medical centre Sato is concussed but otherwise alright"

EERO · 12 May 2002, 13:10 (Ref:283208)

That's reassuring, just heard the same.

badoer fan · 12 May 2002, 13:12 (Ref:283210)

Now:

"According to Eddie Jordan, Sid Watkins says Sato is very lucky and is talking to people in the medical centre and should be okay"

Francesca · 12 May 2002, 13:12 (Ref:283211)

That's good to hear though I've lost interest in the race now - hate it when nasty accidents happens.

Mark F1 · 12 May 2002, 13:16 (Ref:283212)

Thank god Sato's alright, that was a very nasty one. Again, It just goes to show the strength of modern Grand Prix cars and how far the safety and medical side of F1 has avdvanced massively since the 1960's.

As much as we take the mick out of Sato, You never want to see any driver injured and needing any medical attention, and I still can't beleive that after that one he has No broken bones

calais · 12 May 2002, 13:17 (Ref:283214)

apparenty he is being taken to hospital by helicopter

Francesca · 12 May 2002, 13:26 (Ref:283221)

and it's nice that his mum is there to be with him. Please don't tell me it's mother's day here too - God i hope not or I'll be in serious trouble!

Sato san · 12 May 2002, 13:27 (Ref:283222)

thank god.......that was such a horrible time waiting for news

twig · 12 May 2002, 13:30 (Ref:283223)

any videos? we dont get it live in oz?

twig · 12 May 2002, 13:31 (Ref:283224)

or pics for that matter?

Sato san · 12 May 2002, 13:34 (Ref:283228)

he is still badly concussed , so he may need to rest in hospital for a time..... as peter windsor said , theres still a slight risk of blood clots to the brain after a heavy accident like that , so im going to wait until tomorrow before i relax .

Kex · 12 May 2002, 13:36 (Ref:283229)

That was a nasty accident. Thankfully he seems alright.

f1manoz · 12 May 2002, 13:48 (Ref:283258)

Wonder what caused Heidfeld to go off like that?

I'm not going to go all defensive of the young man, but that did appear to be a brake failure as he didn't scrub off any speed at all.

EERO · 12 May 2002, 14:01 (Ref:283307)

It looked like Nick's left front brake disc exploded pitching him into the spin, he shot backwards across the inside of the Remus curve after the restart slamming into the side of Sato's car with his back end first, just missing Montoya. I wonder if Nick will be fit for Monaco?

Sato san · 12 May 2002, 14:07 (Ref:283329)

EJ has just said that Taku had CPR at the scene ....they reckon he only survived because Taku is so small in his size....he actually had half of Heidfelds gearbox lodged into Sato's cockpit...

OVERSTEER · 12 May 2002, 14:07 (Ref:283331)

I saw alot of Carbon dust coming off the front wheels, so it looks like one or both of the discs exploded, therefore the energy that would have gone to the front discs would go to the rear discs in addition to the energy already there, so I reckon that caused the rear wheels to lock.

Number Juan · 12 May 2002, 14:11 (Ref:283348)

he's a lucky guy, i really thought for an awful moment that we had lost another driver - but someone so young but when they showed the shot of Sato in the helicopter with eyes open and a wry smile i was very releived. apparently the Prof said that it was the biggest miracle he had ever seen.

i would like to know what exactly happened and how exactly Taku survived.

Sato san · 12 May 2002, 14:15 (Ref:283366)

It makes you feel sick when accidents like that happen to a driver. , and it makes all the memories from past accidents come to the for front of your mind ...I will just be happy when they release Taku from hospital .

bart_jacobs · 12 May 2002, 14:18 (Ref:283376)

Heidfeld had a blokked gear...that's what I think it was.

Kex · 12 May 2002, 14:20 (Ref:283381)

Throttle could have stuck open.

twig · 12 May 2002, 14:20 (Ref:283383)

it is really annoying when you have heard so much about the accident and havent seen it for yourself.

Sounds like a very bad accident, hope he is okay, and can recover to full health.

Anyone even tell me where there is absolutely and photos on it, videos, or multimedia on the accident, anything will be accepted...im desperate here

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