F1 drivers accept virtual safety cars would help prevent crashes | Giles Richards
The sportscar driver and pundit Anthony Davidson said computer-controlled virtual safety cars would help safety in F1
Motor racing drivers rarely, if ever, acknowledge fear. They fully understand the dangers of their sport but to do so would be at odds with the confidence and determination to win so innate to those willing to climb behind the wheel. Yet these are the traits which form the one weakness to which they will admit: dread of allowing an opponent to gain an advantage. Backing off is not in their nature, so perhaps, after Jules Bianchis crash at the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka, it is time to ask whether they should be removed from the equation.
Numerous issues have been covered since the incident, many of which will require consideration before reaching conclusions that may dramatically affect the sport. But one area, racing under safety flags, could be changed and make a real difference in a short period of time.
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