Every race, I always look forward to, especially considering the standards of this year's racing. However despite that, I and all motor racing fans have to accept that, even though the risk is not as large as it used to be, one of these drivers, any one of them, could be taken from us.
Today's Japanese GP saw an exciting race, what more could I want, Hamilton won and extended his lead, Force India stay ahead of McLaren, but I wasn't celebrating after today's race. Because of an incident involving Jules Bianchi, where he hit a crane trying to clear away Adrian Sutil's car. All the signs, the marshals around and the fact there was no champagne sprayed on the podium, is not a good sign. We are just patiently waiting for news on Jules, praying that he's going to be OK.
My point is can the FIA learn any lessons from this? In my opinion they can. Not on the safety of the cars. On a totally different subject. This year, the FIA has been very lenient on when to bring the safety car out. In Germany, Adrian Sutil spun at the last corner, and marshals had to run across the racing line, it was just dangerous. Today, when Sutil crashed at Dunlop Corner, they brought the crane out before the safety car, and in my opinion, if they hadn't done that, the incident wouldn't have been as serious. Bianchi would've gone into the tyre wall, and been OK, like Sutil. So why couldn't the FIA have done that?
All I'm hoping now is that Jules Bianchi is going to be OK. I was shaking with fear when I heard what had happened, and I'm hoping and praying he is not seriously injured.
Stay with us Jules.
