Why tf are we even racing here? Human rights barely exist, it's extremely hot, there's sand all over the track, the kurbs destroy tires and the "champagne" doesn’t even spray.

It begs the question- could these drivers safely exit the car if they had a crash towards the end of these races? Were some of them already past a safe limit?

Watching Sargent bring the car in on the lap he eventually retired was shocking. He looked like someone struggling to function in the most basic sense, not like someone in control of their car.

After going back and watching his driver cam and listening to team radio calls around the time he went out (There may be more before this that I've missed) he definitely seems to be reeling from exhaustion-

Lap 40 Logan radios in to tell his engineer he doesn't feel well, and is almost immediately asked if he's retiring. There's some back and forth but he is ultimately told if he doesn't feel well he's retiring.

A couple corners in to lap 41 he radios back that he needs to stop. A few turns farther and he radios back that he needs to stop again and says he has no mirrors. From this point on he drives very erratically as he gets calls for where drivers are on track. At one point he's all the way down in 1st gear crawling so slowly that his engineer asks him repeatedly if he's ok and tells him to park the car.

As he enters the pits he tries and fails to open his visor, and later struggles to finally get it open. Before the camera feed cuts you can see him trying to get out of the car, stopping to gather himself, and ultimately being helped out by the mechanics.

I'm not a doctor but it would seem like a better solution is needed to decide if race conditions are safe if this is how things are going to be. F1 doesn't need to turn into a middle eastern blood sport.

Christ, Ocon vomited in his helmet at lap 15 and continued?! Fuuuuck

They should really consider adding more cooling for the drivers. Kinda hard to watch the race knowing they're sick and struggling so much.

MotoGP had a similar issue in India a few weeks back, a rider laid out in Parc ferme needing medical help instead of the usual interviews with the top 3...

I think more can be done, because someone could die pushing in extreme heat. As another comment says, we should also think about someone's ability to exit the car in an emergency.

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