Melbourne's final corner run-off tweaked

By Jonathan Noble Monday, February 26th 2007, 10:43 GMT


Australian Grand Prix organisers have made revisions to the run-off area at Albert Park's final corner in a bid to avoid a repeat of the kind of accidents Michael Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya suffered last year.

Schumacher and Montoya both retired after running wide across the kerbs at the last corner during the 2006 race.

They hit bumps in the grass at the turn - Schumacher's car then being bounced sideways into the wall, while Montoya's simply shut down as a result of the impact.

Those accidents have led to a rethink at Albert Park, with the run-off area now being fitted with a flat synthetic turf behind the kerbs instead of the normal grass.

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What is the point/advantage of this synthetic turf, exactly? Another bad decision from the organisers. If drivers can't keep the cars on the road, then they pay the price for it, end of story!