http://www.f1technical.net/news/8976... we saw yesterday that it took over two minutes for medical personnel to get to Kovalainen's wrecked car. Three years ago, Ralf Schumacher crashed at Indy directly across from the pits and sat in his car for three minutes before any medical assistance arrived.
Contrast those with the accidents of Cristiano da Matta and Katherine Legge, both at Road America in 2006. CdM struck a deer in a testing accident, and was nearly killed. The safety team was on scene in something like 17 seconds. At a test session. Legge's monstrous shunt happened in the race a little later in the year. The safety trucks positioned at the exit of the corner where she shunted were rolling before her car came to a stop. ..
it looks like the FIA are at least looking into the accident saying that it is very dangerous for an unconcious driver to remain unattended. we used to have the fire danger to deal with in the past. have the FIA forgotten how important quick help is? remember Hakkinen almost died unless the Prof. had performed an emrgency trachetomy on him in time.
in the Spanish GP thread I have proposed that they deploy the medical help by helicopter at the start of the race. the physician could be dropped on spot in something like 20 s instead of 250.