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Originally Posted by OkieSnuffBox
Big issue is if the conditions were too bad for the helicopter to fly, the race should have been called.
It's in the FIA regulations that a helicopter be available at all times during practice, quali, and the race.
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From what I read on crash.net, it wasn't so much the helicopter couldn't fly as much as the injury sustained was safer in a ambulance instead of flying.. I also don't think conditions were bad enough for the race to be called.. If they had to stay on full wets I'd agree, but I've seen races with more rain then that.. And watching the tape, he clearly came in way to hot.. I know F1 cars need speed to turn properly and brake properly, that it needs the downforce. But that was a hard hit
Also I don't put much into the "lifting the back of the lift up" as people have been saying.. It had a car suspended in mid air and was hit at the counterweight.. Having assembled heavy equipment before and operating it, it doesn't take as much force to lift the back end as people are thinking.. I still have not heard any good news yet.. I hope he at least recovers to live a normal life, his injury is severe so I don't think we will see him in a car again unfortunately