Raikkonen during qualifying for the British Grand Prix. Ferrari
If you saw Kimi Raikkonen hit a wall at 150 mph during the British Grand Prix, you appreciate how remarkably strong, and safe, a modern Formula 1 car is. The Ferrari driver experienced a 47G impact when he went nose-first into wall yet limped away with no major injuries.
We’ve seen no shortage of spectacular crashes in F1 in recent years, and each is a testament to the level of safety engineered into the cars. Raikkonen’s shunt during the first lap was scary to see. The Finn ran wide through Turn 5, went into the ample run-off-area, then clipped a rain gully as he tried to get back on track. That sent him careening into the wall, then spinning back across the track into the opposite wall. Williams F1 driver Felipe Massa—making his 200th career start—couldn’t avoid the careering Ferrari and ran right into him. Amazingly, no one was seriously injured in the pile-up, and Raikkonen suffered nothing more than a sore ankle.
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