News Details

'Alonso 'would have died' 20 years ago'

A crash like the one suffered by Fernando Alonso in Sunday's Australian Grand Prix would have been fatal in a previous era, former FIA president Max Mosley said on Tuesday. Alonso's McLaren was sent into a terrifying barrel roll after he clipped Esteban Gutierrez's Haas at close to 200mph, but the two-time champion crawled from the wreckage before walking away. Since Ayrton Senna's death at Imola in 1994 prompted tightened security measures, Frenchman Jules Bianchi, who died at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, is the only F1 driver to have lost his life in a race. Asked if Alonso would have survived a similar accident 20 years ago, Mosley told British newspapers: "I don't think he would...
Full Story »
9y ago from SuperSport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Max Mosley: Fernando Alonso would have been killed in...

Former FIA president Max Mosley believes that Fernando Alonso would not...
9y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Alonso would have been killed 20 years ago - Max Mosley

©WRI2 Former FIA president Max Mosley believes Fernando Alonso's crash...
9y ago from F1i.com

New qualifying format dropped

Following a meeting of team bosses in Melbourne ahead of today's...
9y ago from Pitpass.com

F1 set to scrap elimination qualifying

Formula 1 is set to ditch the elimination qualifying system Formula 1 is...
9y ago from SpeedCafe.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

MotoGP announces free 24/7 streaming service across...

MotoGP has announced a partnership with C15 studios to produce a free...
16m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Chip Ganassi: ‘We’re spoiled’ having drivers...

Alex Palou clinched the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series title over the weekend,...

IndyCar Portland – Race Results

The final road course event of the 2025 IndyCar season was contested on...

Alex Palou clinches title, becomes IndyCar’s newest...

Alex Palou is the champion of the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series, having locked...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle Rovanperä hits the jackpot

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen finally won Rally Finland, laying to...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Worst season' – Arsenal star surely leaving as...

Arsenal left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko has claimed that last season was the...
56m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Rio Ferdinand makes scoreline prediction for Premier...

Former England defender Rio Ferdinand has predicted a draw between...
56m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Exclusive: Arsenal star tipped to be dropped for big...

Arsenal expert Charles Watts believes we could perhaps see quite a big...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Eberechi Eze latest: Crystal Palace star's preference...

The battle for Eberechi Eze could be about to ignite into a full-blown...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.