Your comparing a highway with normal people in their normal cars where probably around 2% of the passing by drivers are drunk to a controlled enviroment like a pit lane in F1 where the drivers are some of the best in the world?roost89 wrote:@HampusA Indeed no-one was hurt and it's reasonably common, however one cannot use that as a justification for keeping allowing it. Having two cars pass inches from you at 60 miles per hour (pit lane speed) is hardly a matter which can be thrown away. I doubt most people would think it safe to change a wheel at the side of a motorway with cars passing them at 60mph.
That same logic is why it is not safe in F1.
It not being disallowed in the rules also doesn't justify it being done.
There are peoples lives at risk, an impact at that speed with wings, reasonably sharp (in comparison to the front of a road car) would cause some severe injuries. If some was caught. Dare I say, even if someone was clipped, some damage would occur. The only protection they have is a helmet. Overalls and gloves are hardly protection in this case.
I do agree with Tazio on this and to some degree with Andrew.
I think the safe release rule should be tightened up to disallow this action.
I get your point, i just feel it´s a problem being blown up WAY more then it really is.
The only guy i feel is at a risk is the guy who holds the air hoses to let the team behind him get a good exit out of his own pitbox.
Grasping for straws in my opinion since there are way more dangerous things than two cars going wide for a second until the guy tucks in behind.