Interesting,
Any statistics on # of crashes, serious injuries, spectators and crew people
hurt?
The numbers alone only tell part of the story, like casualty statistics from
various US military conflicts - the number of dead goes way down, but the
number of "seriously damaged" wounded who would have otherwise perished goes
up as ratio.
Jonas Payne
PBR
Cell: (702) 358-5084
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From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at
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On Behalf Of Steve B. Gerow
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 3:49 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Grand Prix - The Killer Years
Good news - no Formula 1 driver has suffered a fatal accident since 1994! I
had no idea the record was that good.
The below article has the stats. Quite a few fatalities from the Fifties were
at the Indy 500 which was the US F1 race until 1959 as I recall.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_fatal_accidents
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Fifteen drivers died in the 1950s; fourteen in the 1960s; twelve in the 1970s;
four in the 1980s and two in the 1990s. No driver has suffered a fatal
accident since 1994, making this the longest period in F1 history without a
driver fatality. Drivers from the United Kingdom have suffered the most fatal
accidents, 12 in all, the most recent being Tom Pryce in 1977. Only two
Formula One Champions have died while racing or practicing in Formula One,
Jochen Rindt in 1970, and Ayrton Senna in 1994.
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Steve Gerow
Altadena, CA
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