09/16/2021 17:26
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Updated 09/16/2021 5:26 PM
Spectators' eyes widened on Sunday when Max Verstappen's Red Bull climbed over Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes during the Italian Grand Prix.
However, they did not get to observe what happened in as much detail as hours after the accident, when
Formula 1 provided the cameras installed in the cars
.
This was how this new and dramatic angle of the incident between the leader and the guard of the World Cup became known.
The camera is installed in the Mercedes, more precisely at the front, and shows how dangerous the crushing of the right rear wheel of Verstappen's car could have been.
Also how key was the halo to avoid a tragedy.
Two days after its publication,
the tweet from the Formula 1 account already had more than 26 thousand likes and more than 5,000 retweets
.
A dramatic new angle on the Hamilton / Verstappen collision # ItalianGP 🇮🇹 # F1 pic.twitter.com/PvN2KGUbbi
- Formula 1 (@ F1) September 14, 2021
The halo, which has been used since 2018 and previously generated controversy and denial from the F1 world, comes out of the sides of the cockpit and closes in front of the driver above his eyes, with a thin support that is right in the middle of the driver's field of vision.
Before this unfortunate incident between the drivers fighting for the title and in which it was key to Hamilton's health, this security element saved the life of Romain Grosjean.
"I was against the halo a few years ago, but I think it was the best measure introduced by F1. Without halo I would not be here talking to you,"
acknowledged the Frenchman after starring in a serious accident during the Grand Prix of Bahrain, fifteenth and third to last. 2020 season race.
This time, Hamilton wrote on his social networks that "only when you experience something like this do you realize how you see life and how fragile we are."
"I am so grateful to be still here. I feel incredibly blessed that someone has been looking out for me today. I don't think I would have ever hit my head with a car before, and it's a huge shock to me," he acknowledged.
On the other hand, Verstappen did not pronounce on the matter and, in addition, he received a three-position sanction on the starting grid of the next Grand Prix, in Russia on September 26, since the FIA sports commissioners found him responsible for the touch in the round 26.
With eight dates ahead, the Dutchman leads the standings with 226.5 points, against 221.5 for Hamilton, who is second.
The one from Red Bull will then have to be aggressive to prevent the one from Mercedes from taking the opportunity to narrow the gap or, why not, regain first place.
It is not ruled out that there will be a meeting in Sochi before.
The seven-time world champion seems to have listened to the advice of Toto Wolff, Mercedes CEO, who affirmed that the two drivers "will have to find a way to compete with each other", because he did not rule out sitting down to chat with the Red Bull driver to clarify the weather.
"I have to think about it," he commented on the possibility of a meeting.
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