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Alexander Wurz discusses safety and shows huge testing crash
Former F1 driver Alexander Wurz has spoken out about enduring an incredibly high speed Formula 1 impact, and says that it adds to his motivation for improving safety. Former Benetton, McLaren and Williams racer Alexander Wurz was involved in a huge crash during in season testing in 2005. Testing for McLaren at the time, Wurz was left a passenger when the right rear Michelin tyre on his MP4/20 exploded. Heading into a fast chicane at the Paul Ricard circuit, he endured an extremely heavy impact with the Armco barrier before spinning into another barrier at the end of the run off area. Now head of the GPDA, Wurz says that his crash was something of a record. Speaking to Motorsport.com, he...
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