Teams threaten to boycott over mysterious Alonso crash
- Published on 05 Mar 2015 16:05
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- By: Rob Veenstra
F1 teams are threatening to boycott unless clearer information about Fernando Alonso's mysterious testing crash is revealed. That is the claim of the German magazine Sport Bild, after McLaren-Honda's star driver was sidelined for next weekend's season opener in Melbourne.
McLaren insists Alonso is completely uninjured, but he will sit out Australia after a mysterious incident saw him spend four days in hospital. "Sport Bild has learned that several teams are thinking about not letting their drivers race in Melbourne on safety grounds," said correspondents Ralf Bach and Bianca Garloff.
They said teams fear speculation that Alonso was rendered unconscious by an electric shock from the sport's controversial hybrid technology may be true. Sport Bild quoted a team boss as saying: "If a plane crashes and there is even the slightest risk that it happened because of a system fault, other planes of that type are not left in the air."
The unnamed boss added: "Formula one has been lucky that nothing serious has happened with these hybrid systems. If any of my drivers had an incident, I would invite all the other teams to study the data -- just so we can be sure. Honda must provide answers to the FIA."
Another new voice calling for more information about Alonso's mysterious crash belongs to Gian Carlo Minardi, a former team owner and boss. "Silence in cases like these is not helpful," he is quoted by Italy's La Repubblica. "In recent years, the FIA has made great strides in the area of safety and has all the tools to find out the truth. It would be desirable if it was known before the race in Australia," Minardi added.
When asked about the electric shock theory, he commented: "I have no evidence to support that so I can't comment. I have never worked with these power units, but I am told there are three or four fail-safe systems. There is this investigation of the FIA, so for the good of F1 there cannot be any classified information," Minardi insisted.
The 67-year-old Italian, however, did say he is not surprised Alonso is sitting out Melbourne. "No," said Minardi, "it's the only normal thing in this whole affair. He is like a boxer who went down with a heavy blow. It takes time to come back, even if all the tests were positive." (GMM)
McLaren insists Alonso is completely uninjured, but he will sit out Australia after a mysterious incident saw him spend four days in hospital. "Sport Bild has learned that several teams are thinking about not letting their drivers race in Melbourne on safety grounds," said correspondents Ralf Bach and Bianca Garloff.
They said teams fear speculation that Alonso was rendered unconscious by an electric shock from the sport's controversial hybrid technology may be true. Sport Bild quoted a team boss as saying: "If a plane crashes and there is even the slightest risk that it happened because of a system fault, other planes of that type are not left in the air."
The unnamed boss added: "Formula one has been lucky that nothing serious has happened with these hybrid systems. If any of my drivers had an incident, I would invite all the other teams to study the data -- just so we can be sure. Honda must provide answers to the FIA."
Another new voice calling for more information about Alonso's mysterious crash belongs to Gian Carlo Minardi, a former team owner and boss. "Silence in cases like these is not helpful," he is quoted by Italy's La Repubblica. "In recent years, the FIA has made great strides in the area of safety and has all the tools to find out the truth. It would be desirable if it was known before the race in Australia," Minardi added.
When asked about the electric shock theory, he commented: "I have no evidence to support that so I can't comment. I have never worked with these power units, but I am told there are three or four fail-safe systems. There is this investigation of the FIA, so for the good of F1 there cannot be any classified information," Minardi insisted.
The 67-year-old Italian, however, did say he is not surprised Alonso is sitting out Melbourne. "No," said Minardi, "it's the only normal thing in this whole affair. He is like a boxer who went down with a heavy blow. It takes time to come back, even if all the tests were positive." (GMM)
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HOORAY, HOORAY, HOORAY! Finally, folks are beginning to remember that "high tides float ALL boats." So all teams & drivers have a common stake in profiling the electrical fields that are commonly generated by and around these new cars, each with two powerful new electrical current collection, release and distribution systems in tandem with normal electronic ignition systems.
Since we (as humans) are very capable to receivng, accurately measuring and assigning frequencies to emitted radio waves received from even the deepest reaches of outer space, certainly it should be possible to set-up some sort of halo field of receptors (wire coils?) next to and arching over all hologated cars from each producer in order to create and accurately profile the electrical fields and locational intensities which each produces both at idle and when operating "under load" on dynamometers. This will help to de-mystify what was obviously an unwelcomed - and dangerous - imposition of some kind on Alonso either prior to, during and/or after his recent crash.
It is imprerative that we, as fans and supporters of F1, join with drivers, mechanics and pit crews in determining just what the hell the electricial fields from these cars look like and how they may be affecting the genetic material - including reproduction capacities - of those who operate and tend these cars. The FIA needs to launch these inquiries immediately and, if they don't have all of the requisite expertise to nail down the scientific particulars, to get all of the help from impartial others (e.g., universities) that is required to map any and all risks imparted to those in close proximity to hybrid F1 cars by energy-capture sytems. The racing E-car folks should probably all get similarly involved.