What Happens After A Crash In F1? How are the driver and car checked over?

F1 is full with crashes, but what happens after one? How are the driver and vehicle examined?

You’re a Formula One driver who was recently wrecked during qualifying. After a small error results in a journey across the kitty litter and into the barrier, you’ll start the race in P10.

You’re far from the pits, and your car is ruined.

What Happens in F1 after a Crash?

First and foremost, following an F1 incident, the team will inquire as to if the driver is okay or hurt.

The driver will climb out of the car – or what’s left of it – if they are able, and will be approached by marshals or the FIA doctor.

If an accident registers more than 15g, the victim will be sent to the medical center for a normal examination.

The motorist is sometimes sent straight to the hospital for an x-ray or treatment.

For example, after a 51g shunt at Silverstone in 2021, Max Verstappen was brought to the hospital. While Romain Grosjean was airlifted to the hospital after a fiery crash at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix.

If the driver is hurt in a low-speed collision, they will just wait for a ride back to the pits.

They can then tell the team what happened in the accident and how badly the car was damaged.

Where does that leave the car?

If the car cannot be driven back by the driver, marshals will put it behind a barrier. It will remain until the end of the session.

If there is a major collision and the session is red-flagged, a crane or tractor will be brought onto the track to assist in the removal of the car and debris.

After that, it will be loaded onto a low-loader and sent back to the pits.

This can take a long time, limiting a team’s capacity to repair the damage and return the car to the track for the next session-or begin accumulating replacement parts.

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Ankita Khanrah

Ankita Khanrah is a second-year student of the Master of Communication and Journalism (Integrated) programme at the School of Mass Communication, KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneswar.