The Formula 1 safety car crashed during the regular high-speed test ahead of the Italian Grand Prix. F1 and the FIA always run a high-speed track test on the Thursday of a race weekend, allowing the safety car and the medical car to complete a number of laps and ensure all race control systems are operating correctly. On the latest occasions at Monza, the safety car — at the hands of experienced driver Bernd Maylander — spun off the track at high speed at Parabolica. The car slid through the gravel and into the mix of Techpro and tire barrier, with both Maylander and his passenger unhurt in the incident and able to climb out of the car unaided. “There was an on-track incident...
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