She did, however, say that she would like to help prevent such accidents from
happening in the future, suggesting that safety standards at aero tests are
not what they are at motor racing circuits.
“We all want to see if there are lessons to learn from what happened, so we
can avoid accidents like that in the future,” she said. “I want to help with
a view to the future and improve safety, especially in aero tests, because
at the circuits everything is under control, but not in this kind of test.”
Meanwhile, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso said yesterday that he believes this
year’s drivers’ championship will go “right down to the wire” despite the
momentum Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel has gained in recent weeks. The German
has cut the deficit to four points with two successive wins.
“The people who are working on the car are the same who have done the job so
far and there’s no reason to think they can’t do a good job again now,”
Alonso said. “We have not been gifted anything. Indeed Spa and Suzuka
deprived us of places that were easily within our grasp.” Alonso was
speaking ahead of this weekend’s Korean Grand Prix in Yeongam.
Friday’s afternoon’s FIA press conference will feature, amongst other drivers, Red
Bull’s Mark Webber and Romain Grosjean of Lotus.
Webber accused his rival of being a “first-lap nutcase” whose driving was
“embarrassing” after the Frenchman had ploughed into the back of him at turn
two of the Japanese Grand Prix last weekend. Grosjean said he had apologised
to Webber and that the pair needed to “move on”.