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Sometimes miracles happen and take the form of a wrecked car engulfed in flames Therefore, the Pilot emerges the Arab tale of Phoenix from his own ashes. Romain grosjean You will long remember those moments when, for 27 long seconds, you were engulfed in the flames of your Haas with the cockpit wedged in the middle of the railing, open like a tuna can, and the engine with the gearbox at the back. other side. The miracle was performed in Varano De Melegari, Parma, where the Dallara cars, Whoever builds the Haas chassis, has built a body that has withstood a crazy, unexpected and predictable collision, in which a driver remains unharmed (some bumps and some broken ribs) after a 240-time collision with the rail, stuck in the medium and allowed the pilot to climb out of a burning wreck on his own legs.
These are the facts and as he said Lewis Hamilton, winner of a troubled but overshadowed race: “People now understand that we drivers continue to risk our lives and that F1 with the FIA has reached a very high safety standard and that today it has worked perfectly but this should not make us forget that we can still do a lot. ”And here is the ruthless analysis of what worked and what did not work and if everything went well it is also down to a good dose of luck that made things turn out well. Meanwhile, an F.1 thrown at the 240 hours against a rail is a 750 kg object that has literally brought down the barrier, sliding into the middle.
Thanks to Halo, the protection of the passenger compartment, the driver has not suffered damage to the head but it is thanks to the body, whose carbon cell has resisted perfectly, and the pilot was able to remain conscious. What is not allowed is for a railing to open halfway and be set at a dangerous angle. There was the exit from the commissioners’ station, but it is also true that there is so much space around it that something better and different could be done. If so far it has always gone well, it does not mean that everything is perfect. Subsequently, the barrier was replaced by walls anchored to the ground, but experience shows that in front of any type of barrier, metallic or low wall, damping protections must be placed, such as those that in the Monza Parabolic curve have cushioned the Leclerc outside the track.
Another worrying aspect is the way the car blew up– The fire has not been seen in F1 since time immemorial, except for engine breakdowns and not as a result of a collision. In 1989 at Imola it happened to Berger’s Ferrari and only years later, in 1996, to Pedro Diniz’s Ligier. The rest went off without a hitch, and the FIA’s request to change the safety parameters of fire suits this season seemed almost insane, increased from 11 to 13 seconds for a temperature of 850 degrees. Well, we have seen that they were right and although the minimum standards of those who make the suits are usually higher, if Grosjean has survived it is precisely because of these new, lighter and more resistant materials. Rather, the interventions of the commissioners in Bahrain cause concern.
The first who approached the burning shipwreck fired the extinguisher 10 meters without hitting the target., another came running down the trackThe same was done by another commissioner at the end of the GP with Perez’s Racing Point on fire due to engine failure. It is due to the FIA doctors, who with the medical car followed the group during the first lap, if they managed to face it without major damage. In short, it is an F1 in which the danger is still there, there is much to do and just because it went well this time we cannot say that we cannot and we should do better. From trained personnel (in the CEA of Bologna they can give lessons to the world) to barriers that must be reviewed and safe.
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