The pilots are afraid
At the end of the Melbourne race he was the world champion Lando Norris to launch a heartfelt appeal to the FIA for one radical and timely change of the regulations on safety theme: “There will be a big accident and it will be a shame, something will go terribly wrong. Depending on what each driver does, there can be differences of 30, 40 or 50 km/h. And if you hit a car with this delta fly awayyou end up against the fences and get hurt a lot, and you risk doing it to others too. And it’s a horrible thing to think about.”
And what happened between the start Liam Lawson, practically stationary on the grid, and Franco Colapintowhich arrived in acceleration, was the plastic example of a mega accident narrowly avoided. An accident dynamic, that of take-off due to a large difference in speed, which in the history of Formula 1 has repeatedly led to disastrous outcomes.
Perez and Sainz support Norris’ appeal
In this regard it is interesting to isolate the statements made by Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz on Thursday in Shanghai, given that we are talking about drivers who have raced a total of 512 grand prix.
Perez he underlined: “It’s sad to say, but it’s only a matter of time before a serious accident occurs. When someone has an anti-stall like what happened to Lawson it can be very dangerous, because the speeds that are reached in the space of two or three seconds are extreme. I’m not sure what can be done, but these new engines are very difficult to start.”
Carlos Sainz he was along the same lines as his colleague: “We all saw what happened at the start. This year the starts are difficult and the riders further down arrive at higher speeds. There are two biggest dangers regarding safety, in addition to the start there are the situations seen both in the tests and in Melbourne regarding slowdowns. We were incredibly lucky that nothing happened to Liam and Franco, but I have the feeling that there will be one of those very serious accidents if we don’t change something about departures. Fingers crossed.”
