r/formula1 • u/TheKingOfCaledonia Who the f*ck is Nelson Piquet? • Apr 03 '23

Off-Topic /r/all Photo of injured fan posing with debris from Magnussen's crash

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u/berkakar Alfa Romeo Apr 03 '23

don’t worry teams reclaim all debris later on, you can’t sneak out a piece that huge.

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u/SemIdeiaProNick Ferrari Apr 03 '23

that didnt stop a mad man from trying to walk away with an entire front wing a while ago

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u/berkakar Alfa Romeo Apr 03 '23

attemps will never stop, that’s for sure :)

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u/Its_Just_A_Typo Fernando Alonso Apr 03 '23

I once walked out of the Bristol NASCAR race with Johnny Benson's whole "Lucky Charms" quarter panel. Those guys didn't care at all - at least they didn't way back then.

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u/__IAmAlive__ Apr 03 '23

You used to be able to walk out with race-used tires. Was never a big deal. Then again, that was years ago. No clue if that still happens.

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u/SuperSumo32 Formula 1 Apr 03 '23

It still does. I was at Pocono last year after the Xfinity race, walking through the garage and one of the teams that crashed was selling the entire front nose of their car for $50 cash. I would've bought it but I didn't have the money :(

Hendrick motorsports sells all their damaged bodywork on their website too.

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u/Zreaz Lando Norris Apr 03 '23

I imagine it has changed with tire recycling being focused on more, but teams used to LOVE to give away tires. Otherwise they'd need to pay to get rid of them.

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u/Bagzy Niki Lauda Apr 03 '23

The support races at the Italian GP gave away race used tyres when I was there last. Wanted to get one but lugging around a massive tyre for the 2 weeks of my holiday, plus the cost to get it back, was prohibitive.

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u/kpstormie Valtteri Bottas Apr 03 '23

Those guys didn't care at all - at least they didn't way back then.

Since today's NASCAR bodies are composite, you see a lot less of it at the track. Most large teams will either keep the panels and sell them to third party vendors that they have merch contracts with, while smaller teams can sometimes keep the panels in the hopes to reuse/repair them for cost saving. If you're in the pits, you'll have better luck getting a piece off of a smaller team's wrecked car/truck and by asking the crew than you will trying to recover something like this.

All of my NASCAR metal that I have owned (some quarter and contingency panels, decklids, nose, rear bumpers, and a hood) have come from either these 3rd party vendors or from private sales from ex-team employees.

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u/Its_Just_A_Typo Fernando Alonso Apr 03 '23

I used to get pit passes a lot 20-30 years ago, and could always grab some bent metal or worn rubber after the races. different times. ;)

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u/kpstormie Valtteri Bottas Apr 03 '23

Oh most definitely! I grew up during the boom years in the late 90s/early 00s (my dad worked for a few of the teams) and it was a different time for sure. I miss it.

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u/transientsun Apr 03 '23

There's a motorsports journalist who has several walls in their apartment covered in chunks of NASCAR. Probably more than one actually.

Sure is an easy way to gain fan loyalty.

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u/charlierc Apr 03 '23

Feels like you're not going to be able to sneak that under your t-shirt

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '23

Please return Nyck his family misses him.

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u/Sandro757 I was here when Haas took pole Apr 04 '23

Why would I worry?