David Rosenthal: belief

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…They actually pulled out of, I think, all racing, and they didn't return to Formula 1 for another 40 years. That accident was so devastating that four of the remaining Grand Prix were canceled. Racing was just so dangerous in this time. I mean, you had 14 deaths in F1 alone, not even counting other racing series or audience attendees across this first decade. Totally, mortal danger was actually, I think, a core part of the appeal of the sport in those early days. What better to go along with all your glitz and glamour than an element of mortal danger? These guys were gladiators. They were risking their life every time they got in a car. In the 1950s, you had 14 deaths, so that's 1.4 a year. In the 1960s, you also had 14 deaths, plus 15 spectators in the 1961 Italian Grand Prix crash. In the 1970s, didn't get much better. You had another 12 deaths, and then it starts to get safer from there, and we'll talk about all that later, but the first three decades, you were on about a one to two death per year rate.…

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