Death on the Ring: What happens when the Nürburgring loses one of its own.
session on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. According to the local Adenau Polizei, Koprivica hit a truck attending to a disabled vehicle that had spilled fluid on the track near the Bergwerk corner. An additional 10 vehicles had to take evasive action, and some hit Koprivica's MX-5 after he'd hit the truck. Koprivica died on the spot; seven others were taken to the hospital, two with serious injuries.
. A spokesperson for the Adenau Polizei noted that authorities are not made aware of every accident at the track."Especially the accidents with only property damage are not always brought to our attention," the spokesperson said."Everyone says, 'It's not a racetrack, it's a toll road,'" one source who requested anonymity told."You kind of have to say that, otherwise the government might say, 'You can't run a racetrack and let everyone on it.
“I still couldn't sleep at night more than two weeks after the accident and cried the whole time because I was so shaken.”Enthusiasts from all around come to the Nordschleife, just as the Croatian Koprivica did with his Mazda MX-5. Konstantinos Zannos, a driving instructor who splits time between Belgium's Spa and the Nürburgring, was a good friend of Koprivica. Zannos toldthat he and Niko got to know each other working with track-day support company RSR Nürburg at Spa.
There was an element of terrible luck here."You could not pick a worse place to put coolant and a worse place to have the truck passing by," an instructor source noted. Plus, global events on October 4 hampered the improvised safety communications system put in place by Ring regulars. On that day, Facebook went down worldwide.
, though that’s the part of the track with the best visibility, meaning the safety system is less crucial in that spot. Many also pointed out the lack of warning lights around the track. At many major racetracks, a series of lights are placed around the circuit. A flashing yellow or red light tells drivers to slow down and watch for danger ahead. But on the Nordschleife, there are just 13 lights for the entire track.
The Ring says that it attempts to learn from the crashes that occur on the track in an effort to improve safety"We need to [analyze the crashes],” Nürburgring spokesman Alexander Gerhard said. “It's our job. Of course. When there's some tragic accident, the police come anyway, they analyze how it happened. Of course, this is something for when we look at how to increase safety. But we don't have as many accidents as you might think.
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