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| The FIA Institute has always been proactive towards safety. But sometimes it has to react to unfortunate race incidents and ensure they never reoccur. |
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This was the case
when the Institute met with the World Rally teams at the Rally de
France in Corsica at the end of October to discuss improvements that
can be made to safety. This was the case when the Institute met with the World Rally teams at the Rally de France in Corsica at the end of October to discuss improvements that can be made to safety. The meeting was already lined up as a chance to introduce the FIA Institute and its members to the World Rally teams. But it became particularly pertinent following the unfortunate death of Peugeot co-driver Michael Park at the Rally of Great Britain. Park, co-driver for Markko Martin, was killed when his Peugeot 307 crashed heavily into a tree on the passenger’s side during stage 15 of the rally. Martin escaped unhurt. The top members of the Institute were present in Corsica including advisors Peter Wright, Andy Mellor, Hubert Gramling, and Jacques Berger. They met with the rally team principals and their technical directors, first of all to introduce the Institute and its work. The Institute members then gave a presentation on the work that had been done by the Closed Car Research Group, one of its four working bodies. The meeting was also an opportunity to canvas opinion on the best way to improve side impact protection in rally cars, following the events at the Rally of Great Britain. |
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Technical adviser
Peter Wright said: “We received a very positive response from
the teams. They were very interested in our research. I think they
realized that the FIA was putting a lot of resources into this and
would do a huge amount of research before making any suggestions.” One of the unanimous agreements was the need to reduce speed in some of the corners at certain events. This will be looked at in preparation for the 2006 season. However, much of the discussion was on updating the rally teams on the progress already made by the Institute. After all, the research has been a consistent element of the Institute’s work and is not solely a reactive move to Park’s accident. The Closed Car Research Group has been working seriously on improving side impact protection for the last 12 months. In fact, the Institute already had a programme, in conjunction with the Peugeot rally team, looking at the problem of a car hitting a tree sideways. It had arranged to conduct a pole test, where a rally car is shunted sideways into a metal pole, at the earliest convenience. The test was ready to go with the Institute was just waiting on Peugeot to provide a suitable car to carry it out. Even if Peugeot had provided a car earlier, changes would not have been brought in soon enough to prevent Park’s unfortunate accident. But using the data from the crash and through further research and discussion the FIA Institute will make it a priority to ensure that the consequences of this accident will never be as severe again. |
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