News Details

Pit-lane safety to be reinforced after Nurburgring incident

Following the incident at last weekend’s German Grand Prix in which a cameraman was injured by a flying wheel, Formula One racing’s governing body, the FIA, has announced an immediate ban on anyone other than event marshals and team personnel being present in the pit lane during races and qualifying sessions. Access for approved media will be confined to the pit wall.The Nurburgring incident occurred when, following a pit stop, a wheel became detached from the Red Bull Racing car of Mark Webber as he made his way towards the pit-lane exit. The loose wheel struck a television cameraman who was hospitalised as a result. He is expected to make a full recovery. In order to reduce...
Full Story »
12y ago from Formula1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

FIA improves pit safety after runaway tyre fiasco

Paris:  Formula One's governing body has announced new rules to...
12y ago from NDTVSports.com

KERS failure fills Williams garage with smoke

Pastor Maldonado's car suffered a KERS failure on Saturday morning ahead...
12y ago from TheF1Times.com

FOM statement regarding Nurburgring pit-lane incident

Formula One Management Limited confirms that one of its personnel was...
12y ago from Formula1.com

TV cameraman hospitalised after violent hit by stray...

In a bizarre incident at the German Grand Prix on Sunday, a television...
12y ago from F1Pulse.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

MotoGP announces Qatar round postponed until November

MotoGP has confirmed that Qatar's 10-12 April slot will be moved to 6-8...

How the 2027 MotoGP grid is shaping up

No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Arlington – Qualifying Results

25 IndyCar drivers took to the track Saturday afternoon to decide the...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Taka-San: King of Kenya

At the 94th time of asking, Takamoto Katsuta and co-driver Aaron Johnston...

Carnage in Kenya

Saturday in Kenya saw one of the most dramatic days in recent Safari...
23h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

“It’s not over. Who said that?” - Guardiola...

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has sent a strong message to Arsenal on...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Chelsea legend John Terry says Arsenal talent Max...

Chelsea legend John Terry compared Arsenal wonderkid Max Dowman to Lionel...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Man United lead race for 65m wonderkid on Arsenal,...

Manchester United are very interested in signing Assan Ouedraogo from RB...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Liverpool and Arsenal in the race to sign 22-year-old...

Arsenal and Liverpool are interested in signing the FC Midtjylland winger...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.