McLaren’s Fernando Alonso had a hard crash at the 2016 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix.
The world of Formula 1 – including fans, teams, drivers and associations – has trusted the advances in safety since 1994. F1 is one of the safest sports codes in the world and is rightly regarded as the premier class of motorsport.
But there are instances when the sport grinds to a halt, waiting with bated breath to hear about a driver’s wellbeing after a severe shunt. At the 2021 British Grand Prix, Max Verstappen got away from a massive accident after his Red Bull F1 car crashed into the crash barriers. The delay claimed on his body: massive 51G forces! That is 51 times his body weight.
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