Peter Dumbreck at Le Mans 20 years later
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- Опубліковано 24 чер 2019
- Everybody remembers that horrifying crash at Le Mans back in 1999. For the first time, we hear it from Peter Dumbreck's point of view as he revisits the part of the track where it happened 20 years later
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I remember watching that crash on the telly .. and even after all these years I still can not believe he never died.
I watched Sophia Flörsch crash in Makau and feel the same way about her... Horrific crash...
Lucky is an understatement... I remember well how my dad said that the driver is either dead or paralyzed right after the accident, flying at 200 mph and ending up almost half a football field away from the road ....
Never died. Not once.
Probably the fast flip generated so much g force that Peter was out of it as soon as the car made the first flip. So understandable that he remembers the beginning of the airborne but not the rest of it.
He was in serious shock as well.
Thank you mr. Bach. Didn't know you had a thing for motorsport phsyics as well as composing
@@Rosen_Gitsov Yeah man, back in the day we did rallies with oxcarts in leipzig :D :D
this is probably why he survived so his body went limp
When you have big accidents where your head gets whipped around, it disrupts your ability to form long term memories. He would have remembered that experience for maybe thirty seconds after it happened, after that it's like he was describing today. Niki Lauda also had a similar experience talking about the infamous crash that gave him his characteristic scars, it's called Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI.
I think the surprise hero in this story is the arborist who cut that patch of trees. Mr Dumbreck would probably agree!
When he says that... And you realize the trees he's standing around are all about 20 years old.... Wow...
I wonder if Mark Webber made a similar pilgrimage to the site of his 1999 Mercedes 'flying lessons' when he returned to Le Mans with Porsche in 2014.
Or if McNish did after his Audi crash
He actually took off 2 times in two different places,
the first was before Indi, just like Dumbreck and the 2nd was on the old Mulsanne hump
I cant believe Mark got back in the car after the first flip. Madness or courage ? Not sure which.
Greetings from r/WEC. Fantastic Story. He was so lucky how the Car landed and where he landed.
I don't think landing can be any better in these circumstances
Allah saved him and gave him another chance, it is better to learn and to turn back to Allah in repentance, while we still have a chance
@@kareemibnabijihadmohamadie5594 Haha! Nice try. No, that was clearly the work of Odin with a little help from Zeus, while Ra took the Wheel.
@@air8orne734 “Have you disbelieved in He Who created you from dust and then from a sperm-drop and then proportionned you [as] a man ?
But as for me, He is Allah, my Lord, and i do not associate with my Lord anyone”
Peter was extremely lucky. According to the report from the infield care center, he was “no more than bruised”.
Massive blowover.
Incredibly lucky to be alive, insane stuff...
I was there that day and saw it happen on the big screen near the pits.
I have twice witnessed what I can only describe as miracles at Le Mans. The second was when McNish crashed in 2011 and sprayed a car's worth of shrapnel into a crowd of photographers without so much as injuring a single one. This was the first.
saw both of them on TV. amazing. le man is on my list along with Spa.
I remember watching that live. God was definitely his co-pilot that day. Literally a pilot. Still amazing to watch how far he flew. If those trees had been the size they are today he probably would have been killed.
_Me at thumbnail and title before watching_ : *"Omg we get to hear what he felt flying through the air in every detail and about what it was like with that crash landing..*
_Me during video while questions being answered_ : *"You gotta be sh!%%in me..."*
Nah man. Perter is the luckiest man on earth... He landed on a perfect spot for him to be able to talk about this 20yars later... God bless
and also the angle the car landed didnt broke his back
It's stayed with me from childhood and I wasn't the one in the car! Thank you for going back.
Apparently the local gendarmerie had to breathlayse Dumbreck after the accident because it took place on a part of the track that was a French public road
I still can't believe they sent the remaining Mercedes cars out to race with instructions to keep clear of other cars, after Mark Webber had flipped. It is a miracle no-one was killed. Also can't believe Mark Webber got back in the car after his first flip.
Because they didn't even believe Mark the first time as it wasn't captured on camera, and then after the second one (which only had a few still photographs taken mid flight) Mercedes finally believed him but still tried to blame Mark for it, saying he was driving it wrong or something, and stuck their heads in the sand pretending the car was still safe
@@butwhowasmoto2739 And by Dumbreck, it was captured in full on live TV and their excuses promptly ran out
Looking back on all the drivers we can't talk to about their experiences because they're gone, I for one get a chill up my spine seeing Dumbreck on that piece of ground again. The image of that car taking flight will forever be etched in my memory. I was 15 or 16 when that crash happened, and was seeing my first full coverage of Le Mans ever. (Speedvision in the US was giving us our first full live coverage ever) I remember being absolutely sure I'd witnessed a man lose his life at my first Le Mans experience. When they showed him being put into ambulance and he was clearly awake and alert, I was absolutely in shock anyone could have survived what amounts to a small plane crash in a wooded area. Still unreal to this day when I see the footage.
Wow, what an interview.
Peter Dontbreak, as we called him :) Amzing what he says and damn lucky that day 20 years ago.
Such an amazing video!
Still remember my shock when seeing this while following it on Eurosport at my grandparents. Laying down in their bed in their 1-room apartment.
And suddenly this happened and I went straight up standing, nearly small jumping hardly believing what I just whitnessed...
And now watching this also tells that it was about the same for the driver, Peter, not really understanding what really happened.
Now also knowing they removed some trees in that particular area right before the race also makes it even more amazing and a thought of "what if?"
Without those trees been cut down earlier that year, this might've been fatal.
Big thanks to Peter, Louise, and Allan. It's nice to see the human side of such a spectacular event in Le Mans history. Nothing sensational. Just, what was it like? I would also like to see these same three take a walk past the Dunlop bridge into the esses and talk about Allan's equally spectacular Audi crash. Just friends, talking about what it was like. Both crashes were miraculous in that nobody was seriously hurt or killed, but what's the non-spectacular, human version of what that was like? I know, it's a lot to ask, and these guys have given so much to racing already.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Great Louise ! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I love how Lousie is surprised by all the details that she didn't know, meanwhile Alan is just making jokes and Peter doesn't really know what happened
They lowered the hill 8 meters (25 feet) as a result of this crash. They *really* didn't want if happening again.
Also changed some rules regarding the cars' measurements e.g reduced overhang so that wheel base is wider so that on the bumpier sections it's much more stable and doesn't wobble the chassis causing this kind of horrific incident.
That was the Mulsanne hump, where Webber took his 2nd flight, they flattened it for 2001
Then they flattened the hump where Webber's first flight and Dumbreck took place for 2005, alongside a repave of the whole Mulsanne to Arnage sector.
Aaaah Peter, no matter what happened back then (I've watched it LIVE by the way) you drove a great looking car competed against other great looking cars. They don't look that awesome anymore. They may be more stable and secure but they don't look beautiful from outside :(
Look at the Mercedes AMG F1 they just revealed today it's pretty special looking.
@@ciaranmcguinness8900
I completely agree. But it's not a racing car and it will never race anywhere.
Also the best sounding v8 too
He was very lucky the way it seemed to land flat.. amazing...
Trees around the track : Our father tell us that story all the time
I am not a doctor, but I assume the reason he doesn't remember the crash was because he passed out /blacked out pretty much instantly due to the immense G forces created when the car tools off and began to rotate... In the initial stages of the car taking off he would have been pushed forward in his seat very violently... I don't know if the blood would have been drained or forced into his brain, but I do know that a person can lose consciousness at "only" 5 G or thereabouts... And pretty much EVERY crash has 5 G of force...all cars are designed to either crush at certain points, or break at certain points on the chassis so that the energy of the crash is dissipated... The car (or the barrier, or the trees in this case) absorbs the sudden impact so instead of getting like a 50G instant "spike" of deceleration in a tenth of a second, the impact is prolonged and the driver will experience /just guessing) around 10G but it's spread over 5/10ths of a second (a half second - 5/10=1/2) and that's what saves the drivers from almost certain death.
On point!
You are a very lucky lad, Peter Dumbreck.
I saw that crash live and wondered, what the hell happened?
" alllots of things turned my way that day " thats the limit & the point you get over it... what a lucky Man !!! ... ( from groundeffeckt & a bump" .. can remember on Tv !!!! What Legends those Racedrivers ! Pure Power !!! no Limits... yes&no..but...that Power!!!
Está vivo por milagre. O mark Weber teve uma cena parecida noutra pista.
She is keen as a badger lol
Impressionante como o cara sobreviveu a uma acidente desse
Jeez Louise what a crash. I was in a horrible accident when a semi truck pulled out in front of me onna rainy night. 4 back surgeries. Fun fun fun.
It is interestimg how the car not only flipped, but turned around facine the opposite direction. If that had not happened, he could well have been seriously injured or killed. The rear of the car took the brunt of the crash, as he was travelling backward. He was saved by this, as travelling forward, there was not much to protect him. God was looking out for him! He flipped that car around.
Youd think they would have learned from the other 3 incidents. But some reason. They keep bringing the clr back to le mans.
Is that Allen McNish with him?
Yes it is
Yes
I always thought Mark was the one who crashed
ig de la periodista? xd
I'm pretty sure bicycles don't fly this time
The location on where he landed is not far enough where also Jo Bonnier was killed during a race in 1972 after fleeing off as well cause of hitting a Ferrari at the back.
Pretty much the same place but the big trees were still there in 1972 and shredded JoBo's Lola. Also Mike Rockenfeller had a huge accident there in 2011. In both cases a privateer Ferrari was involved
Never realized Dumbreck is Scottish. I always thought he was German.
Am I the only one who didn't know you could just ride your bike on le man
The good Lord was watching over you sir.
He's at the scene of the crime
Mercedes should of been banned from racing after having a car that they knew took flight. Unbelievable.
hes my old friends dad lol
If he had landed just a meter of whee he landed his car would have exploded. Lucky
But what is this for a fucking malfunction of a car. He is saying it: how can i overtake someone if I'am not allowed to get close to the car in front of me.
les pins on bien pousser en 20 ans , dans 20 ans on les coupe !
Non Si chiama Pino … Only Peter …
Dam good thing those trees were there to slow him down & cushion the impact.
I´ve read and seen a lot about the accident, but the thing is : WHO is that female reporter, for I believe she´s just what the doctor ordered.
Look at the channel name. That's the reporter's name.
Trust in The Son of God Jesus Christ forever Amen.
Nah