Quote Originally Posted by downtowndeco
Let me ask you. What has been the IRL's record as far as responses to crashes on the track over the last 14+ years? How many drivers have been killed or seriously injured because the safety crew got there in 58 seconds vs 13 seconds (or whatever)? Other than the recent incident w/Simone where the driver got some minor burns I can't think of any. And that incident has been addressed and shoul not happen again.
In many situations, a few seconds isn't a big deal because of the safety level of modern racing. But there will always be some where reaction time is critical. How many seconds were we from having Simone in a hospital undergoing skin grafts? A few seconds was the difference between Zanardi living and dying. To me, that was the gold standard of safety team work on any level of motor sports. From what I've seen this year, Zanardi would've been a goner if his crash happened this year.