Sausage kerbs strike again after a dramatic crash at Variante Roggia in Monza saw the Aston Martin TF Sport #33 became airborne in what could have been a far worse incident. Driver Henrique Chaves managed to walk away unscathed.
The Monza 6 Hour FIA World Endurance Championship event not only saw the new Peugeot 9X8 take to the track for the first time competitively but it was also host of a huge Aston Martin TF Sport #33 crash which had driver Henrique Chaves sliding on his roof for hundreds of metres before his destroyed car came to a halt.
Chaves had this to say after the incident: “This was the worst day of my career! I have never experienced something like this. Big thank you to Aston Martin for building such a safe care, to everyone who talked to me after the accident and to the medical staff at the circuit. The car was unbelievable until this point with a superb setup developed by TF Sport, thank you guys! Fortunately my teammates kept the championship lead and we live to fight in Fuji.”
The Portuguese driver got out of the 1 250 kg wreckage and was subsequently cleared after a medical assessment but this incident has brought sausage kerbs into disrepute once again. Formula 1 and McLaren driver Lando Norris has voiced his opinion on the removal of sausage kerbs after stating that they are “a critical topic that we need to sort out.”
⚠️UPDATE⚠️
Following thorough checks from Monza’s medical staff, Henrique Chaves has been discharged from the medical centre and is back with the TF Sport team.#TFSport #WEC #6HMonza pic.twitter.com/0jXCgXyejT
— TF Sport (@OfficialTFSport) July 10, 2022
There have been several incidents in the past at other FIA circuits where drivers have become passengers in an airborne incident after colliding with the kerbs with too much speed. Perhaps this latest incident will scrap the controversial devices altogether.
