Sophia Floersch 3D Crash Animation [60FPS] - Macau 2018

3D Crash animation of Sophia Floersch accident in the Lisboa corner at the Guia City Circuit in Macau, involving Sho Tsuboi and Jehan Daruvala. The Macau Grand Prix is a standalone FIA Formula 3 World Cup event and took place in 2018 on the 18th of November.

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This was one of the worst looking accidents in years recent racing. The live feed never showed replays of the accident, but a lot of videos from the crowd showed various bits of the crash, but no single continues recording exists of the full incident. Now, 3 years after the accident, I can show you this in a 3D reconstruction of the crash to see it from unique angles, based on all available footage.

In some ways, it feels similar to Romain Grosjean's 2020 Bahrain GP accident in F1. In this case the roll hoop was key in protecting Sophia Flörsch from the guardrail. The manner in which the crash started was also very similar to Alonso's big accident in Australia 2016. There, it was the grass-gravel crossover that made Fernando go flying. Here it is the blue sausage kerb that lifts Flörsch in the air and Tsuboi acts as an extra ramp. His head is narrowly missed and apart from the drivers, everybody behind the fence is lucky to escape without bigger injuries. Do you think sausage kerbs like this should be reconsidered? I'm glad there are no weird kerbs in tonight's 2021 Formula 1 SaudiArabianGP at Jeddah ;)

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Software: Blender 2.93 (www.blender.org)

3D Models: Formula 3 F317 2018 model by OpticalDreamSoft (https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/.... Track from Assetto Corsa club (https://assettocorsa.club/mods/tracks...) with texture updates (https://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...)

Music: Mr Hugh's Escape - Dream Cave (https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/D...)

Disclaimer:
At some moments during the reconstruction, I have to make educated guesses about the dynamics of the car and circuit components. It is not all simulated and I do not claim that the animation is 100% correct. It is based on the experience of a simple mechanical engineer with a fetish for crashes.

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