Why Formula One should improve safety without removing risk | Richard Williams
Almost all accidents contain some element of the freakish and unforeseen, and close analysis of their individual features has become the way F1 improves its safety standards F1 drivers to demand safety assurances F1 safety heightened at Russian GP in wake of Bianchi crash
Racing in the rain is scary beyond belief. To drivers at the top of motor sport, a wet track has always offered the supreme test. That is why there is a special category of men informally known as rainmasters from Rudolf Caracciola in the 1930s to Michael Schumacher in the 21st century and why certain epic performances, like those of Stirling Moss at the old Nurburgring in 1961 and Ayrton Senna at Donington Park in 1993, occupy a special place in the history of the sport.
A wet track gives the very best drivers the chance to demonstrate why they are not like the rest of us, a heightened opportunity to use their extraordinary gifts of perception and sensitivity. Sheer courage, too.
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