All Posts Tagged With: "Safety Car"
Safety Is Paramount: The New Mercedes SLS AMG Safety Car
The FIA together with Mercedes-Benz had their own car launch recently, mirroring those of the Formula One teams by showing the world their 2010 challengers. Unlike a Formula One car though, the FIA’s is designed with safety in mind, and with this comes the new safety car for this season, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. The [...]
Alan Van Der Merwe To Become The Official Medical Car Driver
South African racing driver Alan Van Der Merwe is set to become the official full time Medical Car driver for the 2009 season, it is being reported. Although it would appear that the FIA are yet to make an official announcement, the news comes after Alex Wurz and Sebastien Buemi all subbed for the previous [...]
Australia 2009: Trulli & Vettel Penalised
As soon as I type the post, the result comes in; Jarno Trulli has been penalised for overtaking a fellow driver while under safety car control. The incident happened in the final phase of the Australian Grand Prix and results from Trulli slipping off the track and onto the grass. Lewis Hamilton, who was following [...]
Australia 2009: Trulli Under Investigation, Hamilton May Get Promoted
In the madness of the second safety car period during the Australian Grand Prix, it seems the reason why Jarno Trulli made it into third as opposed to Lewis Hamilton as we had been expecting was down to an incident involving Trulli. Both drivers have been summoned to the race stewards office to discuss the [...]
Safety Car vs. Medical Car
Safety Car vs. Medical Car.
Mixed Reaction After New Safety Car Rules Simulation
During the in-laps for yesterday’s second free practice session, the drivers tested a potential new way of handling a safety car incident. The current rules make the SC period a bit of a lottery as the pitlane closes to prevent drivers rushing back to get a free stop. However, if an accident means the safety [...]
Safety Car Rule Changes On The Cards
The final French Grand Prix will be the first race where a new system will be employed by the Formula One teams to hopefully solve the safety car pitlane controversy. The FIA and Formula One’s Technical Working Group have developed some software which will be added to the standard ECU and will monitor the cars [...]
News Round-up: Mosley, BlogF1 & Safety Cars
With a three week break until the Spanish Grand Prix, I thought it would be a good time to resurrect the News Round-up posts, as well as write some series posts about things I’ve yet to discuss on the site. Earlier today I posted about the background to Honda, their past and how they got [...]
