So, if it suddenly rains in Abu Dhabi, then someone spins and stops on the racing line without hitting anything, and then gets T-boned by another car, will they modify the circuit too? They can as well ban all the spectators who were standing behind the barrier in that turn, just in case they were sending bad waves.
Okay, a death of a racing driver is not a joking matter, but this knee-jerk reaction is beyond ridiculous. Yes the car bounced back onto the track after hitting a barrier and then was driven into by another car at high speed. The same is likely to happen at the following current Grand Prix circuits:
Melbourne
Monte Carlo
Montreal (Gilles Villeneuve)
Valencia Street Circuit
Spa-Francorchamps
Monza
Singapore Street Circuit
Suzuka
Yeongam (Korean GP)
Interlagos
That's the majority of current F1 tracks. Many are newly built. This list doesn't take into account the danger of a car bouncing back onto the racing line after hitting the pit wall (which can happen anywhere).
Of course there's no problem with all those tracks, until someone dies again, then they'd change the one specific corner in question.
Judging by the simulators I'd say that the current wall going along the most of 3rd sector of Interlagos is safer than many places elsewhere due to the angle it's placed. It's almost impossible to hit it hard (in terms of G forces). In dry conditions everything after Juncao (T12) is flat out in pretty much any car. The real danger out there is the the pitlane entrance. Not only because a spinning car (e.g. due to mechanical failure) can hit the beginning of pit wall, but also because the slowing down line is right on the racing line of a blind corner!
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