Formula 1 drivers discuss the issue of safety in motorsport following the tragic deaths of British IndyCar racer Dan Wheldon and MotoGP's Marco Simoncelli.
Wheldon was killed in Las Vegas two weeks ago following a 15-car crash, while Italian rider Simoncelli died last weekend after a horrific crash at the Malaysian MotoGP in Sepang
Source: SixtyBuckss
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Video: Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button join David Cameron at Downing Street for safety drive
Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button join David Cameron at Downing Street to launch the UN's Decade of Action for Road Safety
Source: ITNSports
Source: ITNSports
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Interlagos improves F1 safety after fatal crash
Organisers of the Brazilian Grand Prix have moved to improve the safety at one of the most dangerous stretches of track on the F1 calendar.
Three years ago, Brazilian stock car driver Rafael Sperafico died after striking the tyre barriers on the exit of the fast right-hand kink before the pitlane entry at Interlagos.
He died instantly when the car bounced out of the barriers into the path of a competitor.
Globo Esporte reports that, ahead of the penultimate round of F1's 2010 championship, organisers have replaced the offending tyre barrier with a 225 metre stretch of 'softwall'.
The 'softwall' concept - a combination of foam mounted behind hollow metal barriers - is intended to absorb the impact of an accident without 'grabbing' the car and spearing it back onto the track.
"It's a barrier that absorbs the impact," said circuit engineer Luis Ernesto Morales.
"It is a dangerous point of the circuit, with the wall very close," he added.
Source: Motorsport.com
Three years ago, Brazilian stock car driver Rafael Sperafico died after striking the tyre barriers on the exit of the fast right-hand kink before the pitlane entry at Interlagos.
He died instantly when the car bounced out of the barriers into the path of a competitor.
Globo Esporte reports that, ahead of the penultimate round of F1's 2010 championship, organisers have replaced the offending tyre barrier with a 225 metre stretch of 'softwall'.
The 'softwall' concept - a combination of foam mounted behind hollow metal barriers - is intended to absorb the impact of an accident without 'grabbing' the car and spearing it back onto the track.
"It's a barrier that absorbs the impact," said circuit engineer Luis Ernesto Morales.
"It is a dangerous point of the circuit, with the wall very close," he added.
Source: Motorsport.com
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Group pushes for Hamilton to lose Swiss license
A road-crash victim's foundation is calling for Lewis Hamilton to be banned from Swiss roads.
In the wake of the 2008 world champion's so-called 'hoon' hire-car driving incident in March, his girlfriend told a celebrity magazine this month that the pair remain wild at the wheel.
"He's like, 'Babe, you're driving with your knees!" singer Nicole Scherzinger told Maxim magazine.
"I'm doing my makeup, changing the radio ..."
The Pussycat Doll also joked that the pair would be banned if it emerged how fast they had driven in Switzerland, where Hamilton rents an apartment.
In response, the safety group RoadCross revealed it has asked the local attorney general to revoke Hamilton's Swiss driving license, also because the McLaren driver crashed after running a stop sign last year.
A spokesman said: "Public figures should be conscious that they are role models and adopt exemplary driving behaviour."
Swiss politician Pius Segmuller told Blick newspaper that he supports the campaign.
"I think they (Hamilton and Scherzinger) show an absolute lack of character. With these statements, he is a bad role model for all the young people who idolise him."
Source: Motorsport.com
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