Article To news overview © Renault 1992 Formula 1 World Champion Nigel Mansell has hailed the current standard of safety in the sport, even though he feels some circuits and corners have been 'sterilised' as a result. Mansell's F1 career began in 1980, at a time when serious injuries and even fatalities were more commonplace than today, and the Briton himself was obliged to sit out races in 1982 and 1987 after having been injured in accidents. As driver safety has become an increasingly pressing issue in recent years, many corners have been altered in order to slow cars down, with large amounts of tarmac run-off also installed – a development which Mansell laments, despite the lesser...
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