Formula One News — May 2006

It is 12 years yesterday since Ayrton Senna became the last F1 driver to die in an accident. It is five years since the death of a trackside marshal during the Australian Grand Prix. This is a great safety record for F1 but, quite rightly, the FIA continues to look at ways to maintain and improve safety standards in Grand Prix racing.

With Ferrari saying its car is legal and that it will protest all the other cars if it is protested and the FIA seeming to agree that the Ferrari is legal, the scene is set for a scrutineering bloodbath at the European Grand Prix this weekend at the European Grand Prix.