Floersch crash raises questions for F1 drivers - Grosjean
Floersch crash raises questions for F1 drivers - Grosjean
Romain Grosjean says the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA) will raise the issues of 'sausage' kerbs being used in too many races after Sophia Floersch's Macau Grand Prix crash appeared to be affected by the use of one at the famous street circuit.
Floersch was sent airborne into a photographers' bunker after crashing with one rival and skating down the circuit towards the Lisboa bend without the use of brakes.
The German teenager suffered a fractured spine, but avoided spinal cord damage and is on the road to recovery after 11 hours of surgeries in Macau.
Harsher kerbs have been used more and more in recent years in an attempt to prevent drivers' exceeding track limits, but Grosjean says the time is right to discuss their safety.
"I believe Sophia was very lucky to escape," GPDA director Grosjean said at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Wishing you a quick recovery Sophia https://t.co/kN9vDfLvSZ — Romain Grosjean (@RGrosjean) November 18, 2018
"The news [of her surgery] is very encouraging, which is great. It's lucky that the guy who was on the apex didn't get hit.
"But the sausage kerb didn't really do any favour to that shunt.
"Tracks should have grass or gravel. Obviously you can't in a city but most of the time we talk about track limits if there was gravel or grass there would be no more discussions.
"The sausage kerb in Spa, Monza, a few places, it just doesn't fit and isn't right.
"We have already discussed it in the [GPDA] WhatsApp group.
"It's very similar to Belgium GP3 a few years ago [Konstantin Tereshchenko was sent airborne at the Bus Stop chicane], the sausage kerb on the inside has just launched the car.
"I raced in Macau three times and I remember that corner. I don't know why there's a sausage kerb there, to be fair.
"There's no need, there's a wall. So if you cut the corner you're in the wall. A flat kerb was a good idea.
"Monza Turn 1, if anything wrong happens in Formula 1 and you get the sausage kerb you end up in the centre of Milan."
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