Formula 1’s safety standards were put to the test last Friday at Monza when Marcus Ericsson suffered a terrifyingly violent accident during the early stages of FP2. Heavy rain through Friday morning meant the entirety of running in FP1 took place on the Intermediate and Wet tyres, but the circuit gradually dried through lunchtime. It meant slick rubber was able to be used from the outset of FP2 – and a design flaw with Sauber’s DRS was immediately demonstrated. Ericsson’s DRS did not reattach as required under braking for the Rettifilo chicane, pitching him hard into the barriers, causing heavy damage to the front of the C37, while its trajectory meant...
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