News Details

TV cameraman hospitalised after violent hit by stray wheel

In a bizarre incident at the German Grand Prix on Sunday, a television cameraman was struck by a loose wheel, which flew through the air in the pit lane, resulting in the personnel to be hospitalised. On lap nine of the race at the Nurburgring, Mark Webber pitted for a fresh set of tyres but left the box early with his rear-right tyre not completely fitted. As the Australian got into the pit lane, the wheel came off and headed towards the Lotus mechanics, who jumped out of its way. The wheel continued and hit the FOM cameraman on the left hand side. He had his back turned as he was filming a Lotus which was about to exit the pits. Identified as Paul Allen, the Briton was flat on the ground...
Full Story »
12y ago from F1Pulse.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Cameraman taken to hospital after tyre strike

A Formula One Management cameraman was taken to hospital after he was...
12y ago from TheF1Times.com

Cameraman hit by loose wheel in pitlane

A television cameraman was struck by a wheel which came off Mark...
12y ago from SuperSport.com

Cameraman hurt in pit incident

An FOM cameraman has been injured in a pit lane incident at the German...
12y ago from espnF1.com

Flying wheel hits cameraman

A cameraman was taken to the medical centre at the Nurburgring after he...
12y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Paddock optimism for IndyCar’s new independent...

Drivers in the NTT IndyCar Series are largely happy to see the series’...

IndyCar grows international broadcast offerings for...

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced that its already extensive global...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Elfyn Evans wins Swedish showdown

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin clinched victory on Rally Sweden which ended...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Nev: Arsenal answered questions in Spurs win and...

Gary Neville says Arsenal have answered questions in their win at...
2h ago from SkySports.com

Arsenal win battle of derby narratives but tell us...

was a close run thing for a time, but Tottenham’s haplessness prevailed...
2h ago from TheGuardian.com

Watch: Footage shows Micky van de Ven completely...

Shocking footage has emerged from the stands showing Dutch center-back...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Neville: Arsenal can win at the Etihad to be Champions

Following the win in the North London derby, Gary Neville believes Arsenal...
3h ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.