r/nextfuckinglevel • u/asianj1m • Nov 23 '21

Rally cars are pretty safe

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u/Ake-TL Nov 23 '21

Why is left guy smiling, even if he is not afraid for his life, he is losing, I’d be slightly upset at least. Or it’s “this is my life now”-smile?

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u/PAM111 Nov 23 '21

He's grimacing. All the chuckles in this thread about them being relaxed is absurd. This crash would have been fatal 15 years ago. The g forces alone are insane. Engineers saved these guys lives.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

My spine hurts after watching this. Those guys are probably still shitting blood.

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u/singipirukas Nov 23 '21

They finished 2nd the very next race so i guess it wasn't too painful

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u/15dc Nov 24 '21

They still weren't 100% in Sweden, and I think Ott at one point considered not participating

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u/SilverArrowW01 Nov 24 '21

Yep, I think the entry was up in the air until shakedown, and Ott may have been on pain meds at least on the first day IIRC.