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Drivers safety barrier concerns ignored

Following their crashes, Carlos Sainz and Esteban Ocon say that calls to the FIA for changes to the safety barriers were ignored. With every practice session interrupted by at least one red flag, it was anticipated that qualifying would feature more of the same. As it happens, there were no stoppages, however it is widely felt that today's race will witness numerous incidents. On Friday, Carlos Sainz spun off into the barriers at Turn 14 in an incident that peaked at 47g. The following day, in an almost carbon copy of the Spaniard's crash, Ocon hit the barriers at Turn 17 in a clash that peaked at 51g. Having spoken to fellow drivers at Friday's driver briefing Sainz says that the FIA was...
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