Time to do part three of this piece as it is long overdue and, in a perfect world, this will be the last; although that is extremely wishful think I suspect. If you’re keeping score from parts one and two we’re now up to six life changing or ending injuries being prevented, that is HUGEContinue reading “The Halo – Let’s Evaluate:Part Three”
Category Archives: Safety Studies
The Halo – Let’s Evaluate:Part Two
Time to continue this look into how well the halo (and/or aeroscreen) has been performing when it’s called upon to do its job. In part one there were seven incidents analysed and, for anyone keeping score, we are already up to three prevented serious injuries or deaths. My personal opinion on safety measures like thisContinue reading “The Halo – Let’s Evaluate:Part Two”
The Halo – Let’s Evaluate:Part One
In July of 2022, Silverstone played host to the next round of races for Formulas One, Two and Three. As expected all the series produced spectacular action across all the races, but what wasn’t expected was to have two separate incidents putting halos to the test – first saving Roy Nissany and then saving ZhouContinue reading “The Halo – Let’s Evaluate:Part One”
No-Rouge?
Ask any motorsport fan from around the world what the best corner is in racing and I would guess that at least half will reply with Eau Rouge or Eau Rouge-Raidillon; this isn’t without good reason. Diving downhill on a long run from turn one of La Source, cars are met with a rapid left-rightContinue reading “No-Rouge?”
The Illusion of Safety
Formula One is dangerous. Formula One has always been dangerous and in the early days, ‘dangerous’ doesn’t really describe the levels of peril drivers often found themselves in. In the first 20 years of the series there were 14 deaths just at normal F1 events with a further 16 at non-championship races and during theContinue reading “The Illusion of Safety”
Halo Misconceptions
Alex Lynn, driving for Mahindra, escaped a terrifying looking crash in the second race of Formula E’s first round at Diriyah in Saudi Arabia. It was yet another testament to the incredible strength of todays race cars in many series but within minutes of video and images emerging online I found twitter awash with soContinue reading “Halo Misconceptions”
What is ‘Safe’?
What do we mean when we say that something is ‘safe’? It’s the obvious question when any examination of an accident happens but it’s not the simple question many consider it to be. It occurs to me that, if I intend to write about safety within motorsport, then maybe the language of safety should beContinue reading “What is ‘Safe’?”
Disaster Incubation Theory
At 9:15am on the morning of 21st of October 1966 approximately 110,000 cubic metres, nearly 4 million cubic feet, of mining spoil from the local mine slid down the side of the Taff Valley in South Wales. Waves of earth as much as 6 meters, or 20 feet, high travelling up to 50 kilometers orContinue reading “Disaster Incubation Theory”
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