RIP Henry Surtees
RIP Henry Surtees
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"The tethers have 5000 kg (1 ton) breaking strain, and you can generate forces greater than that, never mind any cutting action," Wright explains. "So under certain circumstances they are going to fail, and there's not much you can do about that. If you trap a wheel against a barrier or something, and then drag it, you are basically not going to stop the car from tearing it off itself.