Frederick Jansen Van Vuuren

[rj144]

Do you guys know about this or him? I'm not a huge racing fan, but decided to watch Senna tonight and it was pretty good. So, I Googled things about him and crashes came up.

This guy, Frederick Jansen Van Vuuren, was a Marshal at a F1 race in the 70's (1977, I believe) and there was a car catching on fire on the side of the road, so he ran across the track with the drivers still racing with a fire extinguisher. Long story short, I guess the cars were coming over a hill, and one of the drivers hit him dead on at full speed. He, was absolutely obliterated and the extinguisher he was carrying bounced off the driver's head that him and he was instantly killed him too. The extinguisher actually went clear over the stands and into the parking lot behind the stands. Crazy, crazy accident. The Marshal who died was only identified after they called all the Marshals to see who was missing.

I'm not posting any material... it's a bit too much.

 

[Phr3121]

This guy, Frederick Jansen Van Vuuren, was a Marshal at a F1 race in the 70's (1977, I believe) and there was a car catching on fire on the side of the road, so he ran across the track with the drivers still racing with a fire extinguisher. Long story short, I guess the cars were coming over a hill, and one of the drivers hit him dead on at full speed. He, was absolutely obliterated and the extinguisher he was carrying bounced off the driver's head that him and he was instantly killed him too. The extinguisher actually went clear over the stands and into the parking lot behind the stands. Crazy, crazy accident. The Marshal who died was only identified after they called all the Marshals to see who was missing.

Yeah, that is about the number of replies I expected on this topic. Formula One racing is just not popular in the U.S. I used to be a huge Ayrton Senna fan until he passed away in 1994. I met his sister and Niki Lauda in Brazil. You will probably enjoy the movie "Rush", 2013. The 1970s rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda. The Marshal you mentioned was relatively young and those cars do go by extremely fast. Senna himself almost got run over in this 1992 accident at the Belgium GP:

The great 'four' of F1 (Senna, Prost, Mansell, Piquet):

 

[loyalyolayal]

Not enough left turns to be popular.

 

[rj144]

Yeah, that is about the number of replies I expected on this topic. Formula One racing is just not popular in the U.S. I used to be a huge Ayrton Senna fan until he passed away in 1994. I met his sister and Niki Lauda in Brazil. You will probably enjoy the movie "Rush", 2013. The 1970s rivalry between F1 rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda. The Marshal you mentioned was relatively young and those cars do go by extremely fast. There is footage of that accident on YouTube. Senna himself almost got run over in this 1992 accident at the Belgium GP:

The great 'four' of F1 (Senna, Prost, Mansell, Piquet):

Yeah, I don't mind F1. Can't stand NASCAR though.

 

[IloveTHIS]

F1 is too safe these days to be cool

 

[Phr3121]

This was a very special memory for Senna and all of Brazil when he first started to raise the Brazilian flag after winning a race. Drivers were not allowed to do that at the time but Senna did not care. The flag was given to him from a fan, later he started to carry his own flag in the car. Detroit GP 1986 - 2:03 on the video:

Interview regarding the incident. This is my favorite memory of Ayrton Senna:

@rj144

 

[Phr3121]

F1 is too safe these days to be cool.

F1 today sucks. Nothing like the 1980s and 1990s.

 

[rj144]

Spoiler: GIF: Not for the faint of heart

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

Spoiler: GIF: Not for the faint of heart

That’s the hit you’re talking about in the op I presume?

 

[rj144]

That’s the hit you’re talking about in the op I presume?

Yes.

 

[Phr3121]

@rj144
That is pretty gruesome. I don't know that I would post that...

 

[rj144]

@rj144
That is pretty gruesome. I don't know that I would post that. I'm still amazed at what that impact did to a human body...

It's behind a spoiler with a warning.

 

[Phr3121]

It's behind a spoiler with a warning.

Frederick Jansen Van Vuuren was 19 when he was killed. 1977 South African GP. Here is a story on the accident. He remained in one piece.
Link: https://www.docdroid.net/NvSrcZQ/frederik-janse-van-vuuren-death-photos.pdf

 

[IloveTHIS]

Spoiler: GIF: Not for the faint of heart

Soooo......am I seeing things or is his lower body almost completely separated from his upper torso....it looks like it's only being held together by the spinal cord

Fucking disgusting

 

[Phr3121]

Soooo......am I seeing things or is his lower body almost completely separated from his upper torso....it looks like it's only being held together by the spinal cord.

No. He remained in one piece. Read the link on post #13.

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

Soooo......am I seeing things or is his lower body almost completely separated from his upper torso....it looks like it's only being held together by the spinal cord

Fucking disgusting

Apparently it was just his pants coming off. He wasn’t ripped in half.

 

[IloveTHIS]

Apparently it was just his pants coming off. He wasn’t ripped in half.

Oh then he should have been able to walk it off. He was clearly faking for attention

 

[Cpt Migraine]

Well.. no coming back from that..

 

[DrVanNostrand]

I saw this years ago. Still fricken messed up.

 

[Saku'sEar]

Yeah that was a bad one.
Lots of deaths in f-1, and the lower classes at that.
A couple weeks ago another young prospect crashed and died (hubert).

I was like 10 when Senna died, and then they stilled showed things like that on tv. I was messed up the whole day seeing him crash that wall (where a day before another guy crashed into his death also) He was such a great guy and racer. The senna documentary brought a tear to my eyes. He knew he would die that day, and he was in peace with it due to God.

Now we have Max! He is awesome.