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Perez Car after opening lap incident (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 months ago by alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to c/formula1@lemmy.world

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[–] smeg@feddit.uk 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It looks horrifying but I think that's deliberate, like with crumple zones on road cars; the outer bits absorb the impact and the central bit protects the driver

[–] Starbuck@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

Exactly. The bathtub part where the driver is looks like it’s still perfectly in tact, from the floor to the halo.