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Old 07-27-2009, 11:15 PM   #12
mts6800
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Originally Posted by 5vz-fe View Post
... Altho, there should be an emergency braking switch available so that the team can stop the car remotely if necessary.
How on earth could such a system help at all. By the time the team realizes there is a problem it's over.

I do think something should be done but am not in favor of cockpit canopies that some have suggested. There are brilliant engineers in the sport and they need to collectively study possible solutions.

Personally I think the loose tyre issue, one resulted in Henry Surtees death a week ago, may have a reasonable solution. Smaller objects like the spring I think more problematic. The spring should have never come off the car. The failure of it must be understood and means taken to ensure it's not possible during normal operation of a racing car.
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