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Formula One motor racing remains a highly dangerous activity despite enormous improvements in car design and the materials and methods used in car construction, track modifications designed to reduce speed, and extended run off areas with gravel traps to reduce impact forces and to protect spectators. Speeds of up to 200 mph (over 300 km/h) are common place and the open wheel design with wide diameter tyres means that even slight contact between cars can result in dramatic and serious spins and rolls in the face of high speed on-coming traffic.
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Baskett, P.J. (1997). The Medical Services at a Formula One Motoring Racing Grand Prix. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 1997. Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 1997. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13450-4_69
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