Not the High-Speed Spa Shunt! Lando Norris Discloses His Scariest Motorsport Crash Ever

Following the recent events in the world of motorsport, Lando Norris has penned down his thoughts regarding an issue. In the past two weeks, there have been three major crashes in motorsport. Guanyu Zhou, and Dennis Hauger at Silverstone and Henrique Chaves at Monza.

All three drivers were in horrific airborne accidents but luckily did not sustain injuries. And most of the credit goes to the advancements in motorsports that are focused on driver safety.

In his column, the Brit mentions the need to eradicate sausage kerbs, which are making the sport more dangerous. At the high speeds at which these drivers race, the sausage kerbs make the cars airborne.

And despite all drivers walking away unharmed from their accidents, the risks outweigh the benefits. Norris has also been part of high-speed crashes, most recently in Spa, however, it wasn’t his scariest.

The Mclaren man reveals a crash that terrorizes him from his F4 days in 2015.

Norris recalls, “I have been fortunate in my career not to have too many big crashes but I obviously had a big shunt in wet weather at Spa last year. Probably more scary was when I was turned upside down in a Formula Four race in 2015 at Hockenheim.”

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An airborne crash is always scary for a driver and sausage kerbs increase the probability of such incidents. Norri’s crash in 2015 is a prime example of that. And despite the lack of a halo and the car becoming airborne and turning upside down, Norris survived the crash. Probably why Norris felt the need to pen his thought against sausage kerbs, especially after the events of the past two weeks.

However, shifting the focus a bit, Norris also mentioned the excitement of F1.

Lando Norris gives credit where credit is due

Apart from the criticism of the sport, Norris also mentions the parts that have become exciting. The Brit credits the new technical regulations of FIA that have made the sport more exciting for him.

“The racing is fantastic at the moment and the FIA and Formula One deserve huge credit for these new technical regulations,” he said.

And added, “It was hugely exciting when we all converged; five cars fighting for position into turn three is not something you would normally see, even on an opening lap.”

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Norris’s column covers both sides of the coin in terms of the work done and that needs to be done by the FIA for the sport.