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  • Re: fatalities in F1 races

    From a425couple@a425couple@hotmail.com to rec.autos.sport.f1,rec.autos.sport.cart on Wed Mar 15 09:54:19 2023
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    On 3/14/23 19:02, std dev wrote:
    Jochen Rindt didn't like crotch belts so he only raced with 4-point
    belts. During his fatal crash at Monza ( mechanical failure ) in 1970,
    he telescoped in the cockpit and his lap belts pushed his internal
    organs up into his throat.

    Jochen Rindt died in 1970 at Monza and he was not wearing crotch belts.

    And less than a decade before, Stirling Moss threw a terrible snit
    about the US rule that his car had to have seat belts in it.

    And at this citation, you can see a picture of Jackie Stewart
    racing in 1966 with no belts at all.

    https://www.goodwood.com/grr/columnists/doug-nye/2017/6/doug-nye-how-safety-has-advanced-in-motorsport/

    Safety rules keep evolving.
    I do not think I bought a HANS device until 2007.


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