2018 Bahrain F1 Grandprix

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I slightly cringed and shivered when I saw the accident during Raikkonen's pit stop. I rewound the "tape" to make sure I saw it right. It was clear that the Ferrari mechanic's leg, the one who was holding the rear left replacement tire, was broken (as in fractured) in one or two places because it certainly twisted in ways the legs of healthy humans don't when he was being run over by Raikkonen's car. I wish him to get well soon, and I am kind of pondering whether there is a need for more severe penalties for these types of incidents.

Mind you, there are already penalties in place to avoid this kind of thing, not that losing a car and potentially throwing away a double podium finish isn't enough of a penalty on its own. I don't think lack of penalties is the case. Instead, something should be done to reduce the risk of accidents happening. For instance, do we think that stuff such as Räikkönen's accident or the Haas' double DNF in Oz would have happened if there was a, let's say, 5 or 6 second minimum pitstop time? Of course this would take away the "fun" of people overtaking each other during pitstops, although truth be told, we hardly see any of these nowadays.

Feel free to quote specific lines from mine that particularly annoy. As a general opinion doesn't give me any insight as to what bothers you.

All right, here's one such line:

The supposed talent Verstappen has is overblown. They guy is such a potato, he managed to do something that's almost impossible to do. That is, crashing on his own in Bahrain. I mean, count how often a single car crashes in Bahrain?

Calling such an obviously talented driver a "potato" is beneath you. On top of that, it's not that hard to crash in Bahrain; you just need to pick the right corner, one with a wall next to it, and spin there. If I'm not very much mistaken, I recall a certain Lewis Hamilton doing just that several years ago as well.