Re: alfa-digest V8 #724

[George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>]

on 5/13/02 8:26 AM, alfa-digest at owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided wrote:

> Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 11:07:36 -0400
> From: "John Hertzman" <johnhertzman@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: George Graves and Bandini

> Roger goes on to write "Things did begin to change for the better after
> Bandini's crash at Monaco and the one result we all experience IS THE LACK OF
> GRAPHIC CRASH FOOTAGE in every race broadcast since then! You all notice that
> no detailed footage of drivers involved in crashes is ever broadcast."


One thing that has changed for the better is the safety of both circuits and
cars since that time. Yesterday's Austrian GP was a good example. The
horrific accident that occurred in that race, as bad as it looked, resulted
in no one being seriously injured. In the last few years, the only F1
fatality has been a course-worker at the 2001 Australian GP. Modern F1 cars
seem to a do a very good job of protecting their occupants, but standers-by
are still subject to all the frailty for which the human body is notorious.

The car safety thing is partly a result of the efforts of drivers like
Jackie Stewart. He started championing driver safety in the late sixties and
continued to do so after his retirement from racing.

George Graves
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