Bojan Vrbnjak
Many fans Formula 1 have long complained about being in the modern the royal class of motorsport there are no more heroes. Instead characters of the past tense, who risked their lives in every race, are only found in the paddock today PR robots, which had all the edges sanded before entering Formula 1.
In fact, yes royal class of motorsport for a long time now it is no longer just a competition but also big deal, which is why most racers have to stick to it rules of conduct for large producers. Anyone who doesn’t stick to this is quickly labeled too complicated and will be hard to find a seat in a great team. But according to a Formula 1 veteran Jackie Stewart however, certain freedoms were not restricted, which is Scots explained in the podcast F1Nation on the official website formula1.com. On the track, today's racers can afford more than was the case in his active racing time.
"Today we have more collisions in the first turn than then. People use freedoms that we did not have. We simply could not afford it. But today's racers take risks because they know that Formula 1 is much safer today,”He explained Stewart. "It wasn't possible then,”To me Scots and adds in the same breath: "The race cars were more vulnerable and even the cockpits were not as robust as they are today."In doing so, the former world champion relates to a clash between his then teammates Lewis Hamilton in Nice Rosberg on the race v Spain in 2016. The pair of silver arrows found themselves too close immediately after the start.
"I think this was probably the worst case, as they were partly off the track when they collided right after the start. In my time, that would not have been possible. If someone on the track behaved badly, then that racer was dealt with in front of the GPDA racers ’association at the next race and reprimanded for not being able to afford it again. At the time, this was punished much more severely,”He explains Stewart.
