Oliver Bearman’s ‘scary’ crash punctuates concerns over new F1 regulations

Oliver Bearman’s “scary” crash at Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix, where he slammed into a barrier at over 300 kilometers per hour, has led to Formula 1’s governing body announcing that it would hold meetings to assess the impact of the sport’s new technical regulations.

In the early stages of Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix Bearman was chasing down Alpine driver Franco Colapinto, when he lost control of his Haas VF-26 at Spoon curve and careened into a barrier, with estimates holding the impact was in excess of 50 Gs.

You can see the moment here:

Bearman was helped from the car and checked out at the medical center, where x-rays did not show

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