News Details

Lauda: If we go too far with safety Formula 1 destroys itself

Niki Lauda is one of Formula1's elder statesmen, it is well known that he survived a near death experience after crashing his Ferrari horrifically on the second lap of the 1976 German Grand Prix at the notorious Nurburgring Nordschleife, thus when he talks about Formula 1 safety it's worth listening. During an interview with Graham Bensinger, Lauda spoke about the state of safety in the modern era, 'Don’t continue trying to make Formula 1 completely safe, because people will lose interest in the end…' 'These Formula 1 drivers should be the best drivers in the world. This is what people aim for… People sometimes like to see accidents to see where the limits are… If we go too...
Full Story »
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Talks held over Dutch Grand Prix return

F1’s commercial boss Sean Bratches has been in the Netherlands to...
6y ago from PlanetF1.com

Rosberg: Hamilton's pure speed is just immense

Retired reigning Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg hailed his former...
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Brawn: A real nightmare for Ferrari

Formula 1 motorsport chief Ross Brawn believes that the Asian stanza of...
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com

F1 puts a Dutch Grand Prix street race on its agenda!

Formula 1 has initiated talks to bring the Dutch Grand Prix back on the...
6y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

F1 owner Liberty Media set to finalise purchase of...

Formula 1 owner Liberty Media are in talks to buy Madrid-based company...
21h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Rosenqvist: Confidence within MSR growing with every...

Felix Rosenqvist has started off his time with Meyer Shank Racing on a...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Neuville pips Tänak in Safari opener

FIA World Rally Championship leader Thierry Neuville took a slender...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Nwaneri signs a professional contract, now the...

Morning. As we wait for Mikel Arteta's press conference later on, the...
42m ago from Arseblog.com

Barcelona looking to take advantage of 32-year-old...

There was a time in the not too distant past when Barcelona, one of the...
1h 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.