11-20-2018, 09:10 AM
(11-20-2018, 08:58 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:Its not an engineering miracle Sophia or or anyone else wasnt killed, it was pure luck. Whilst flying through the air at 300kmh, she missed a pole but a few feet. If she hit that pole, no amount of engineering would have saved her. IMO, young Sophia should buy a lifetime supply of lottery tickets, retire from motorsport and chose a more docile/safe occupation. She has used up all her nine lives in one go, I have never seen anything as wild as that in motorsport. If that was my child, over my dead body she would get back in a race car.
You don't give the engineers enough credit. How many deaths were there pre-senna days? How many since? Cars are faster, but less deaths. Still plenty of crashes, but less deaths.
Sure, there was a bit of luck involved, but the engineering of the cars saved her more than luck did.
As for giving it up? Webber chose not too despite some of the worse crashes i've seen.
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