Inside Motorsports Vol. 1 2018/Q1 - Part I | Page 4

"A cr azy man f inishes in
t he cemet er y" - Juan
Manuel Fangio
Leat her
Gl asses
Hel met s
and
I n t he 1950's mot or r aci ng, j ust
l i ke t he Wor l d i t sel f , was under
a l ong and pai nf ul r ecover y
af t er t he Second Wor l d War . F1
st ar t ed i t 's l ong j our ney,
super char ged
engi nes
got
banned t o r educe speed. Head
pr ot ect i on was not r eal l y i n
consi der at i on and t he ci r cui t s
wer e unf or gi vi ng t oo. Seat bel t
was not i nst al l ed i n t he car s,
t he onl y saf et y t ool was t he
gl asses, but t he dr i ver s used i t
mai nl y t o cover t hei r eyes f r om
t he smoke comi ng f r om t he ot her
car s. The f i r st f at al acci dent on
a F1 r ace came i n 1954, and
sever al
acci dent s f ol l owed,
t hat woul d have made cl ear ,
saf et y devel opment i s needed.