“It needed to be looked at scientifically and that was the big change after Ayrton Senna’s death at Imola in 1994..Asked if Alonso would have survived a similar accident 20 years ago, Mosley told British newspapers: “I don’t think he would China Various Parallel Twin Screws Factory have.Since Ayrton Senna’s death at Imola in 1994 prompted tightened security measures, Frenchman Jules Bianchi, who died at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, is the only F1 driver to have lost his life in a race.
There are still freak accidents, like Jules, but those sort of serious racing accidents, you do expect the driver to walk away. You work hard and it’s very satisfying when you see the results.“Happily that seems to have stopped.Alonso’s McLaren was sent into a terrifying barrel roll after he clipped Esteban Gutierrez’s Haas at close to 200mph, but the two-time champion crawled from the wreckage before walking away.
You wouldn’t know for sure without a detailed analysis, but generally speaking those sorts of accidents resulted in serious injury or death. That wouldn’t have been the case 20 years ago.A crash like the one suffered by Fernando Alonso in Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix would have been fatal in a previous era, former FIA president Max Mosley said on Tuesday. It’s very satisfying to see Alonso walk away. It was quite an impressive crash,” he added.