The System 1 security automobile crashed in the course of the common high-speed take a look at forward of the Italian Grand Prix.
F1 and the FIA at all times run a high-speed monitor take a look at on the Thursday of a race weekend, permitting the protection automobile and the medical automobile to finish plenty of laps and guarantee all race management techniques are working accurately. On the newest events at Monza, the protection automobile — by the hands of skilled driver Bernd Maylander — spun off the monitor at excessive pace at Parabolica.
The automobile slid via the gravel and into the combo of Techpro and tire barrier, with each Maylander and his passenger unharmed within the incident and capable of climb out of the automobile unaided.
“There was an on-track incident with the FIA security automobile immediately at Monza,” the FIA confirmed in an announcement, “Aston Martin is investigating the trigger however can verify each driver and passenger are wonderful. There’s an extra security automobile on the circuit and it’ll not affect the weekend’s occasion.”
The FIA at all times brings two of every of the protection automobile and medical automobile to grand prix occasions, guaranteeing there’s a back-up incase of any incidents. Aston Martin turned one of many security automobile suppliers in 2021, becoming a member of earlier producer Mercedes in a shared settlement throughout every season.
