Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel terms last two weeks horrible for motorsports – Formula 1 news
Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel said that it has been “horrible last two weeks” for motorsport and the world saw two of its drivers lose their lives to accidents.
First it was IndyCar British driver Dan Wheldon who crashed in a 15-car pile-up and was declared dead after being airlifted to the hospital. Then last week it was the Italian motorcycle racer Marco Simoncelli who was killed in an accident while racing at Sepang.
“It has been a horrible last two weeks for motorsport,” said Vettel on Thursday. “The moment I came back from Korea I heard about the accident of Dan Wheldon in America. Last week I sat on my sofa and watched the MotoGP and saw the crash of Marco.”
Even after the extremely sad incidents of the last two weeks, Vettel still admitted that even though all the drivers understand the risk they take when they take the seats of their vehicles, but the FIA is always working towards making the Formula 1 a safer sport.
He also admitted that, under normal circumstances most drivers do not always think of such horrific incidents, but conscious or subconsciously, every driver knows that there is a certain amount of risk that he takes when takes the wheels.
At the same time, it is the very thrill of danger that makes the sport so much more interesting. It is the thrill that the fans and drivers feel and without it, it would not be interesting enough. Although the risks involved are minimised and a lot of safety regulations go into it to make sure such sad incidents do not occur.
“I think we should always try to make things safer, sometimes we will get criticised for the cars being too far away, the run-offs being too big and so on but on the other hand we never want to put ourselves in the situation like all the MotoGP riders are going through now or the IndyCar series is going through now,” Vettel added.
Vettel’s next race is at the newly developed Buddh International Circuit hosting the first ever Indian Grand Prix on Sunday, October 30, 2011.
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