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Stewart: Drivers take ‘liberties' they couldn't have in my era
Three-time Formula 1 world champion Jackie Stewart believes drivers today are less crash-averse than their predecessors, thanks to the substantial advancements in safety that Stewart himself was largely responsible for. An outspoken advocate for driver safety after his heavy crash at the 1966 Belgian Grand Prix, Stewart suggested that modern F1 drivers don't share the same sense of self-preservation. 'There are more first corner accidents today than there were in our day,' he said on the F1 Nation podcast. 'People take liberties today that we could never have afforded and never have done. The risks they take are because they know it's safer today. 'People do take liberties in a fashion we...
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