On another thread someone who seemed to know planes (maybe even this one itself) said the plane was designed to disintegrate upon impact, thus minimizing the loss of life and the lack of fire. I don’t know anything about this, but thought you should know there was discussion of the lack of fire and no big debris somewhere in these threads.
Thanks. I'll look for it, but it seems pretty far-fetched. Planes aren't cars with crumple bumpers - they're not built for how they destruct. Especially racing planes. Weight, yes. Flammability yes, but only for typical leaks like punctures. But crash diving into the tarmac is not even remotely part of the design plan, and there's always highly combustible fuel to be ignited. People say there wasn't much fuel because of qualifying rounds, weight for racing, LOL... okay, let's say he was stupid enough to fly 400 miles an hour with a single gallon of aviation fuel left. Even a single gallon would explode into quite a fireball, and then ignite the vaporized oil and hydrolics and everything else.
But here? Nothing.
Strange indeed.