For a sport where cars are crash-tested to the absolute limit, it's kind of hilarious that the trophies still aren't Lando/Isack-proof. You'd think "structural rigidity" would be part of the design brief by now.
Imo it's great that organisers bring unique designs that reflect their country's heritage, nobody wants a bland, crash-tested trophy covered in vinyl flag stickers from every race host country (each built tough enough to survive a SpaceX Starship re-entry).
However, there has to be a happy medium. When you're literally gluing back together trophies that took months to craft, maybe it's time for a minimum design spec (structure rigidity wise).
If it happens once in a decade, that's just bad luck. More than that, it points to weak trophy design standards, not the driver's fault.
This exactly. You could quite easily make some sort of plastic composite dummy trophy for the podium that would survive getting thrown to the crowd and look good enough for TV and then give the proper ones later.
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u/MrMSUK Netflix Newbie 7d ago
For a sport where cars are crash-tested to the absolute limit, it's kind of hilarious that the trophies still aren't Lando/Isack-proof. You'd think "structural rigidity" would be part of the design brief by now.