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Peter Wright and the members of the Accident Panel published their findings Wednesday in Doha about Jules Bianchi's crash during the Japanese Grand Prix.
The accident was investigated by a 10-man FIA Accident Panel, which included former Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn, former Ferrari director Stefano Domenicali as well as former drivers Emerson Fittipaldi and Alex Wurz.
In pouring rain, Bianchi crashed his Ferrari-powered Marussia into a heavy mobile crane that was recovering the damaged Sauber of Adrian Sutil.
The report states that Bianchi did not slow sufficiently to avoid losing control at the same point on the track as Sutil.
“Bianchi over-controlled the oversteering car. (...) During the two seconds Bianchi's car was leaving the track and traversing the run-off area, he applied both throttle and brake together, using both feet. The FailSafe algorithm is designed to over-ride the throttle and cut the engine, but was inhibited by the Torque Coordinator, which controls the rear Brake-by-Wire system. Bianchi's Marussia has a unique design of BBW, which proved to be incompatible with the FailSafe settings”.
Jules Bianchi's helmet struck the sloping underside of the crane. The magnitude of the blow and the glancing nature of it caused massive head deceleration and angular acceleration, leading to his severe injuries.
The reported finally concluded: “If drivers adhere to the requirements of double yellow flags, as set out in Appendix H, Art. 2.4.5.1.b, then neither competitors nor officials should be put in immediate or physical danger.”
The panel has also come up with a number of recommendations in the wake of Bianchi's accident, which include clerks of the course imposing speed limits for sections of track affected by double yellow flags, a review of safety critical software and new guidelines on track drainage.
The accident was investigated by a 10-man FIA Accident Panel, which included former Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn, former Ferrari director Stefano Domenicali as well as former drivers Emerson Fittipaldi and Alex Wurz.
In pouring rain, Bianchi crashed his Ferrari-powered Marussia into a heavy mobile crane that was recovering the damaged Sauber of Adrian Sutil.
The report states that Bianchi did not slow sufficiently to avoid losing control at the same point on the track as Sutil.
“Bianchi over-controlled the oversteering car. (...) During the two seconds Bianchi's car was leaving the track and traversing the run-off area, he applied both throttle and brake together, using both feet. The FailSafe algorithm is designed to over-ride the throttle and cut the engine, but was inhibited by the Torque Coordinator, which controls the rear Brake-by-Wire system. Bianchi's Marussia has a unique design of BBW, which proved to be incompatible with the FailSafe settings”.
Jules Bianchi's helmet struck the sloping underside of the crane. The magnitude of the blow and the glancing nature of it caused massive head deceleration and angular acceleration, leading to his severe injuries.
The reported finally concluded: “If drivers adhere to the requirements of double yellow flags, as set out in Appendix H, Art. 2.4.5.1.b, then neither competitors nor officials should be put in immediate or physical danger.”
The panel has also come up with a number of recommendations in the wake of Bianchi's accident, which include clerks of the course imposing speed limits for sections of track affected by double yellow flags, a review of safety critical software and new guidelines on track drainage.