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**fedelwet** · 09-25-2007, 01:25 AM

Now this is something I have wondered about and I would like to get a good answer to. Why has the amount of start accidents reduced significantly in the last few years? I don't mean small tangles in the midfield with 2-3 cars involved, but I mean bigger pile-ups with at least 5-6 cars involved and/or collisions among frontrunners (the most recent accidents that measure up to one or another condition, are USA '06, GER '03, AUS'02, GER'01, etc, etc). Also we haven't had a restarted race since... 2001 Germany.

I can remember several races, when Schumacher was eliminated on Lap1, but has Alonso ever had a race-ending accident on Lap1?

I can suggest about two reasons that have reduced the losses especially among front runners significantly especially after 2003:
1) Points system, which force to take the first lap more easily and take less risks?
2) Tarmac runoffs, which create more space to avoid creating or getting involved in a crash.

What else?

09-25-2007, 01:25 AM	#1
fedelwet Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 524 Senior Member	The lack of start accidents Now this is something I have wondered about and I would like to get a good answer to. Why has the amount of start accidents reduced significantly in the last few years? I don't mean small tangles in the midfield with 2-3 cars involved, but I mean bigger pile-ups with at least 5-6 cars involved and/or collisions among frontrunners (the most recent accidents that measure up to one or another condition, are USA '06, GER '03, AUS'02, GER'01, etc, etc). Also we haven't had a restarted race since... 2001 Germany. I can remember several races, when Schumacher was eliminated on Lap1, but has Alonso ever had a race-ending accident on Lap1? I can suggest about two reasons that have reduced the losses especially among front runners significantly especially after 2003: 1) Points system, which force to take the first lap more easily and take less risks? 2) Tarmac runoffs, which create more space to avoid creating or getting involved in a crash. What else?
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