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Reader Writes: Million dollar F1 car crashes into dumpster refuse

So there we are, all set for an exciting qualifying session for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, when promising Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda gets it all wrong on his first flying lap and crashes heavily at the Variante Alta. Once again, we are reminded that we are putting million-dollar race cars, perhaps the most sophisticated and technologically advanced in competition today, on race tracks with safety systems in large part salvaged from the local refuse yard. It was clearly obvious from the video, shown from at least four angles, that the double row wall of used automotive tires, banded together and edged by a piece of rubber conveyer belt, did absolutely nothing to prevent major damage...
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