What a way to start the weekend Aston Martin. Even though this accident that went viral on Thursday does not affect the results in any way and has nothing to do with the team’s cars, what happened with the British brand’s safety car is striking to say the least. The safety car of the English manufacturer, whose team in the Formula 1 belongs Fernando Alonsowas virtually destroyed after an incident during testing of the track sensors at monza.
As before everyone Grand PrizeThursday, the arrival of the drivers and teams on the circuits is used to carry out different driving tests and one of them is the one in which the Aston Martin safety car lost control, suffering a serious accident. Fortunately, the FIA confirmed that none of the occupants were injured and the brand itself assured that this would not happen again throughout the weekend in Italy, since there is another identical car on the track.
But without a doubt, the image of the Aston Martin accident Advantage went around the world, since the safety car, the one responsible for ensuring order and the health of the drivers when an incident occurs on the track during the race, hit hard the protections of the famous parabolic curve of Monza.
This image is not common in F1, although it has happened on other occasions. The last driver to succeed him was the German Bernd Maylanderwho was driving this safety car, completely lost control in the said bend of the Italian track and crashed into the barriers TecProThe medical car was also carrying out the same test at the time of the accident.
Aston Martin to change cars
Mayländer and the co-driver were able to get out of the car by themselves, although the vehicle will be replaced by another Vantage unit for the rest of the weekend at Monza. This makes sense, since as the images that have emerged show, the safety car is badly damaged. The causes are not yet clear, but everything points to either a driver failure or a mechanical problem.
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