It won't be long before the media starts to hammer on this. Those of
us who follow the sport know better, but in the general press, the
coverage will be all about the ***shed, not the race.
On F1-ITV website, Ralf was quoted as saying the worker was hit by a
tire, which begs the question of why, especially after Monza last
year, workers aren't behind some sort of barricade while the race is
in progress...
Paul the Cat =^..^=
"We've been sleeping all our lives --
At last we can open our eyes."
-- Carly Simon
I think the ridging in the gravel was supposed to help, but then
that's what flipped Michael's car in practice, and they might have
smoothed them down a bit (at least it looked that way from the
changing in coloring in all the tinted gravel traps).
They've got to do something about these cornerworker fatalities,
though. With cornerworkers so close to the action, I don't know if
anyone could have reacted quickly enough to duck behind a barrier for
protection. Doesn't it take 1/2sec just to react to any type of
emergency?
I don't know what the solution is - flag marshals all in towers (could
the drivers see them)? A fully electronic on-board warning (what
would be the manual back-up)? Hell - long flags that would let the
workers stay far enough behind the barriers?
Kendt
Terrible, but likely unavoidable, in what must simply be a freakish racing
accident.
Regards,
Matt, Australia
> > Another sad ending to an exuberant day.
> It won't be long before the media starts to hammer on this. Those of
> us who follow the sport know better, but in the general press, the
> coverage will be all about the ***shed, not the race.
> On F1-ITV website, Ralf was quoted as saying the worker was hit by a
> tire, which begs the question of why, especially after Monza last
> year, workers aren't behind some sort of barricade while the race is
> in progress...
> Paul the Cat =^..^=
> "We've been sleeping all our lives --
> At last we can open our eyes."
> -- Carly Simon
Once is a freakish accident, twice starts to look like a pattern.
What will be most interesting is where the marshal was stationed, and
whether he was hit when Jacques' car got up into the fencing or
further down the track where all the debris was scattered.
In any case, it seemed to me that workers were right next to the
fence, literally leaning on the barricades and that's just not
acceptable in a hard braking zone such as that location where
accidents are common. If the worker was struck at that location --
and I'm not sure that's the case -- then it's evidence that more space
needs to be maintained between the fence and the workers' stations.
Paul the Cat =^..^=
"We've been sleeping all our lives --
At last we can open our eyes."
-- Carly Simon
As for the track worker, my condelences to his family....
Dave
Um, friction?
You can't have floating gravel can you, until they come up with something
like this then plain ol' gravel is the best we have...
And it does a damn fine job when called upon in most cases.
Yep. So much for F1 Safety.
--
Prayers for the worker's family and loved ones.
--
Scott B. Husted
PA-Scott
ICQ# 4395450
> Yep. So much for F1 Safety.
> --
Ditto.
--
> > Another sad ending to an exuberant day.
> It won't be long before the media starts to hammer on this. Those of
> us who follow the sport know better, but in the general press, the
> coverage will be all about the ***shed, not the race.
> On F1-ITV website, Ralf was quoted as saying the worker was hit by a
> tire, which begs the question of why, especially after Monza last
> year, workers aren't behind some sort of barricade while the race is
> in progress...
> Paul the Cat =^..^=
> "We've been sleeping all our lives --
> At last we can open our eyes."
> -- Carly Simon