F1 safety to improve next season

F1 safety to improve next season
26 September 2007

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According to our colleagues at Autosport.com the FIA revealed plans to further raise cockpit sides to improve protection for Formula 1 drivers next season. The issue was raised after a number of drivers were concerned about their safety in the cockpit.

David Coulthard and Alexander Wurz heavily crashed last year where Coulthard's rear wheel missed Wurz' head with only a few inches. These kind of incidents could go awfully wrong when a wheel would hit a drivers' helmet. A higher side of the cockpit should make the cockpit much safer to drivers.

GPDA director Mark Webber told autosport.com: "It will be great for us. If you look at someone like Tonio Liuzzi, he is not getting the support that he needs, and I am borderline as well. There are a few guys that don't get the protection.

"Both the guys involved in that nasty accident in Australia, Alex and David, were the two guys pushing it very hard. David obviously felt something had to be done after sliding across the car, and Alex felt the same after having an F1 car pass his visor."


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Sounds good but isnt it already bit late to change rules what have some effect to design of car in this point of season??

Kimi, so, Massa Fernando Sebastian is faster than you. Can you confirm you understood that message?

take the drivers out and put computers in to drive the car, maybe?

jos verstappen's rear wheel hit martin brundle in the head (brazilian GP 1994) and nothing happened. The same would be If coulthard hit wurz

brnco Wrote:
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> jos verstappen's rear wheel hit martin brundle in
> the head (brazilian GP 1994) and nothing happened.
> The same would be If coulthard hit wurz


When you say 'hit', it was the lightest of lightest of brushes, and he was still knocked unconscious.

unconscious? I remember watching the race and he walked away like nothing happened. And even If he was knocked unconscious it's no big deal, why was he getting 5-6 millions per season? Boxers get unconscious all the time, and some of them doesn't even earn a dime.

why not just give them cockpits and be done with it

Sim

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any safe improve is welcome to avoid any damage to the pilots dude

As long as the racing doesn't suffer.

nvm in 1st have to think about lives involved that make the race happen

then they should just make the cars with encolsed cockpits.
end of story. Why they didn't do that 30 yrs ago. It's not a hi-tech issue

I know, how about the drivers just sit in the pits and drive by remote control instead?

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If it doesn't affect the racing then it's all good.

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give the remote control to kimi's grandmother, I would love to see her win!

iCeMaN pAuL Wrote:
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> If it doesn't affect the racing then it's all
> good.


end of story :P dont wanna see any possibility of another crap like imola 94 weekend



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/27/2007 01:44PM by Rodrigo007.

BTW what's the name of the lady (kimi's grandmother), Have you seen her at nurburgring GP (or was is Silverstone?)
she is awesome!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/27/2007 01:50PM by brnco.

What a load of fuss over nothing! All they are likely to do is raise the sides so that they are closer to the top of the helmet than they currently are. It's hardly going to take much away from the racing...

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senninho Wrote:
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> What a load of fuss over nothing! All they are
> likely to do is raise the sides so that they are
> closer to the top of the helmet than they
> currently are. It's hardly going to take much away
> from the racing...


but what happens when someone goes underneath another car from behind, and the wheels hits teh helmet face on?

Sim

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"I'd love to know what goes on in that crazy head of yours sometimes, Sim..." - Locke Cole

Great, so with a lack of numbers on the cars it will be even harder for some people to know who is who!

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the path to my idea of having drivers' faces on the rearwing enplates is being lit! it's only a matter of time till they come round to my way of thinking...MWUHAHAHAHAHA

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bestobritish Wrote:
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> Great, so with a lack of numbers on the cars it
> will be even harder for some people to know who is
> who!

I do think the tracks are too safe (we've been there before though), but there's nothing at all wrong with making the cars a little safer. Yeah, it was nice to see Alesi's head hanging out over the side-pod, but it was madness. Ratzenberger, Senna and Wendlinger's accidents weren't freak ones, they just served as a reminder as to how complacent F1 had become over safety, and doing so again will only lead to the same. It's pure luck that Wurz can still walk. He was within a couple of inches of being another catalyst.