Safety in motor sport is always being improved but the potential for accidents like the one that killed the young Frenchman on Saturday can never be eliminated
No driver enters motor racing unaware of the very real risks involved. This weekend at Spa they were given a brutal reminder of what will always be a possibility when climbing behind the wheel. The death of Anthoine Hubert during an F2 race on Saturday served tragic notice that for every effort to improve safety, drivers are still always putting their lives in jeopardy but they know this and accept that risk will never be legislated out of racing.
Hubert was killed in a horrific, high-speed accident exiting the Eau Rouge corner. Only 22 years old, the much-liked Frenchman from Lyon, went off the track at around 150mph, took a major impact into the barriers and then another when he was hit by the car of Juan Manuel Correa, who could do nothing to avoid it. Hubert was taken to the medical centre but died shortly afterwards. Correa has had leg and spinal surgery and remains in intensive care.
Written by Giles Richards
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/02/anthoine-hubert-death-drivers-risk under the title “Anthoine Hubert’s death a reminder of drivers’ bravery and risks they take | Giles Richards”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
