Two things:
1) That was not a hard impact.
2) He got into the right side net, which was also running along the head restraint. This strongly suggests that, at the very least, head restraint...

I'm ambivalent about the head restraint. A right side net catches your shoulder as well as your head in a severe impact, and those seats are a bit more sketchy in that situation. Im particular, in...

A properly installed right side net is wrapped around the seat, so you ought to be able to reach it with your head without moving. A right side net is pretty much the only side protection that you...

It was not that high speed. Hell, both right side tires are still inflated. A broken neck with minimal other injuries means that it's highly, highly likely that his harness killed him. And what he...

Honestly, he'd probably have lived if he'd been in a 3-point. The car was well equipped for a TT car - harness+seats+rollbar. He broke his neck because he was strapped down too well. About the...

I'm not sure anyone has ever gone left of the access road and into the bare concrete wall, though. Cale missed the gravel trap entirely.