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Chances are it was removed by the marshals to allow easier access to Jules.

Pretty sure it is the removable part,headrest

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My guess is that it was a sideways impact with the car hitting the tractor first with the engine section and then with the cockpit section, and possibly hitting the barrier with the front again. It's the only thing I can think that can explain all wheels being stripped off the car.

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Few more images

http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Jule ... BJASNx.jpg
http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Jule ... U8OBcx.jpg
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzLAdyECEAA8 ... large?.jpg
http://i.4cdn.org/sp/1412499544536.png

It's visible between the marshall and the doctor

4chan, amazing.

All dead links by the way.

Yes I think you're right as the rear section, especially the engine bay is completely destroyed. From there it appears to have impacted the left side of the car fairly severely too. The front has suffered relatively light damage with just the wheels & wing being knocked off by the barrier. I hope that there was no blunt force trauma to Jules' head and that it was just high G's that may have knocked him out. Fingers crossed and hoping for the best, it's a very uneasy feeling...

yeah the headrest or headprotection or how that thing is called is on top of the engine

Can you host them yourself?

I'm really struggling to understand the physics of the crash. From those Getty images it looks like he would have had to have snap oversteer. There would of/should be more visible damage to the rear of the tractor ie. paint ripped off more marks, but I can't really see it. I'm just trying to understand how the car could have ended up in that position.

I feel that we will never see a video of it, you can bet that any youtube video will be removed the instant it is uploaded.

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Ahh just seen those new pics posted above. Yeah he has slammed into the back of it, front must have been clipped from the inside wall.

Hard to know what was impact damage and what may have been removed or cut to aid him.

The links should work now.

The urls were wrong, fixed now.

I imagine he had a snap going on the hill and went nearly 90° heading to the wall and thus at a slightly other angle to the tractor.

We won't see the video if it ends up being a fatal crash. Let's just hope that isn't the case.

Collecting parts of the car in bags? Ugh

is the FIA doctor Japanese just because she is FIA appointed, or because it's at Suzuka?

i hope you are right, but it may in fact be the hunched over track attendant seen in the other pics

some French reports suggest his ambulance is stuck in traffic?

AFAIK There is always local doctor in the working staff. Just because of communication etc.

Not sure if I should post the "Rate the Japanese GP" topic ? Or wait... ?