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don't know who's championing safety these days
This year's been a mess in that regard IMO. Starting quali sessions in the wet in Turkey while cars are still being removed from the track. The safety car restart in Mugello. Letting cars unlap themselves while marhsals were still on track clearing debris at Imola. And that's only in the last few races.
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I read something about an improved race suit having been introduced this year which although heavier, it protects the driver from fire for 20 seconds, as opposed to the gloves which are still only rated for 10 seconds as was the case for the previous race suits. Yet another stroke of luck.
Definitely no time for complacency. I've kind of lost track of F1 since we lost free to air races so don't know who's championing safety these days, but we certainly wouldn't be where we are without the work in years gone by of Sid Watkins and Charlie Whiting.