Sharon H

That’s what those blue lights at the pit exit order. The justification being the joining car will be carrying less speed than the car already on the track.

I think most would associate rear and front wings as being part of F1’s DNA, but they haven’t always existed.

I doubt claustrophobia is a major stumbling block. Fire and smoke are surely more an issue and they can be overcome.

I think the “series of crashes” referred to all single-seater racing, not just F1.

The track is never going to be a sterile environment even if everyone keeps within the lines. There will always be marbles and debris about.

If Spa makes such unique demands on the structural integrity of a tyre during what is a pretty standard strategy, Pirelli need to be saying to everybody “we can’t guarantee safety with our usual tyres, here are […]

In the early days it was thought that an open cockpit was safer because a driver would be “thrown clear” in the event of accident – it was the same with road cars too. They used to catch fire easily as well. […]

Very sad news, although I feared this outcome as being the most likely one. It’s been a difficult year for motor racing and head injuries.

My condolences to Justin Wilson’s family and friends.

I think Force India might have done it a few years ago as well. IIRCC in those cases the car was brought back in on the next lap and the correct tyres fitted. Bottas just carried on with his stint in an illegal car.

I want to add: I am hoping for the best outcome possible for Justin Wilson. My thoughts are with him and his family.

Objects of various sizes impacting a driver’s head seem to be the main cause of serious injuries and death these days. You don’t really see broken bones so much now, nor the survival cell breaking apart on impact. […]

It wouldn’t be a good thing for a tyre to explode in practice without warning either.

These are Vettel’s last 6 laps (before the tyre blowout):

1:55.711
1:55.520
1:55.696
1:56.407
1:55.949
1:56.116

There is no obvious degradation, let alone “falling off the cliff”. If he’d been losing […]

I don’t think the Force India was faster than the Red Bulls. Still a 4th would still have been a good result.

I’d categorise overtaking under the Safety Car as a safety issue, personally.

There’s also a lost in translation type thing.

I would normally have empathy with that view, but in life Bianchi used to wear out his phone’s hashtag key when posting on Twitter and Instagram. Perhaps a plethora of hashtags is an appropriate tribute in his case.

Aquaplaning is not inherently linked to speed. It can also happen when water gets under the plank and the wheels lose contact with the track. A recent example would be Lewis Hamilton in Canada – at a relatively […]

I remember what I thought when I saw Sutil’s car in the barrier and him climbing out: “Sutil has aquaplaned off, that’ll be a Safety Car”. So why was I so sure that the Safety Car would be deployed? After all, I […]

My interpretation was that he was saying additional safety measures were introduced in the wake of the accident therefore it wasn’t acceptable to the sport to carry on as it had been.