Crash investigation technology drives safety changes: Formula 1
Nowadays there are countless measures in place for competitor safety in Formula 1 such as the helmet, HANS device, safety harness, protective clothing, survival cell, headrest, in-car extinguisher system and the Halo frontal cockpit protection.
However, at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Haas driver Romain Grosjean had an accident that could very well have cost him his life. Following this, the FIA has initiated an in-depth investigation into the safety of Formula 1.
As with all forms of analysis in Formula 1, data is at the heart of this investigation and in Formula 1, there is more data instrumentation than in any other championship. FIA researchers gather data from the various video streams, including the high-speed camera which faces the driver and films at 400 frames-per-second to reveal in slow motion what happens during an accident. high-speed camera which faces the driver and films at 400 frames-per-second. Credit: Formula 1
The cars are fitted with an accident data recorder, which reveals the speed and forces going through a car in a crash, and the accelerometers fitted inside the driver?s earpiece measure the movement of the head in a crash.
This information is fed into the FIA World Accident Database (WADB), which brings together valuable data from accidents around the world of racing including karting, Formula 1, Rallying and Cross-Country. It enables researchers to study individual accident cases, and when considered collectively, the stati...
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