Nasty !!

[cojak]

... but they don't always work and just shows that no safety measure is every 100%.

Quite.

There are no guarantees in motor racing...

[centurian]

LOL! They don't have coil springs, they have torsion bars, which wouldn't "bounce" as such. But of course everything is made as light as possible.

Then what is the thing that Jake Humphrey is currently holding in his hand on BBC F1...

Also it weighed about 1 kilo, which is a pretty heavy thing to hit you at 160mph.

[VectraMan]

Then what is the thing that Jake Humphrey is currently holding in his hand on BBC F1...

A spring from a GP2 car. What's your point?

[centurian]

A spring from a GP2 car. What's your point?

Even though we're now agreed it was a spring , I'm still puzzled how it managed to keep airbourne for so long.

Trying throwing a spring down on the ground and see if it keeps bouncing for 4 seconds.

I guess the high speed at which it came off gave it enough energy to keep bouncing...