During the accident that Guanyu Zhou had at the start of the British Grand Prix, everyone was alarmed that the top roll bar of the Alfa Romeo C42 could not withstand the impact at the moment of the overturning of the car, and only the Halo system saved the Chinese rider.
At the FIA press conference in Austria, Frederik Wasser, the team leader, quoted the following data: the impact energy was twice the maximum load that the top roll bar must withstand in mandatory crash tests.
“The investigation into the circumstances of the accident continues. We have shared our information with the FIA and the initial assumptions are that the impact force in the accident was about twice the load that the safety arc can withstand in tests,” said Vasseur. track, there was a trail four or five centimeters deep.
At some point, it doesn’t matter what loads are used in the tests, because something can always happen on the track if this level is exceeded. Of course we will take certain measures ourselves, and we will interact with the FIA to understand how safety can be improved.
In any case, I try to stay positive, because nothing dramatic has happened even after such a serious accident. Thanks to decisions aimed at raising safety standards, fuel leaks were avoided, otherwise events could have developed according to the worst-case scenario.”
At the Formula 1 committee meeting yesterday, it was decided to increase the teams’ budgets by 3.1% to offset inflation-related cost increases, but Vasseur stressed that the cost of offsetting the serious damage the team has suffered as a result resulting from the accident will not lead to cost overruns.
“I don’t feel like remembering yesterday’s discussion,” he said. – The fundamental difference is that I don’t have to think about the budget cap in this situation. I only care about my own budget, because our spending is still below the level at which budgets are limited.
I don’t have to go to the bank for a loan to pay for spare parts. It just means that I will have to save money on upgrading the machine or at the expense of some other expense, but this will have to be done and we can fix this problem. †
Source: F1 News
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