Dilano van ‘t Hoff, driver for MP Motorsport, died on Saturday at the age of 18 after an accident in the Alpine Regional Formula European Championship in Belgium.
However, many of its competitors say the tragedy was easily avoided.
Aston Martin Formula One driver Lance Stroll said changes to the course must be made.
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Racing cars are seen during the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps race, round three of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship WEC at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium on April 29, 2023. (Zheng Huansong/Xinhua via Getty Images)
“It’s a tragic day for motorsport. We lost a driver today so I just want everyone to think about that. My thoughts are with him today.” Paseo told Sky Sports.
Stroll said the corner of the circuit where van ‘t Hoff died has become too dangerous, citing that his death is the second at the track since 2019.
“It breaks my heart what happened, and I think Eau Rouge at Spa needs a bit of attention, because now we have lost two drivers in the span of four… years. It’s a really dangerous corner, and we say that every day. years”. , and it’s not fair what happened today.
“I think that corner has to change. I think it’s too dangerous, and I think every time we drive through it, there’s an accident waiting to happen. It happened again today, and we lost a little boy, and it’s not fair,” Stroll continued. adding that “we need to talk about it.”
Reuters notes that portion of the track “leads to the fast, steep right-hander and Raidillon ridge”, leading to a “decade-spanning deadly record”.
The F2 community observes a minute’s silence to mark the passing of Dilano van’t Hoff of the Netherlands and MP Motorsport at the Formula by Alpine Regional European Championship event at Spa-Francorchamp during Round 8: Spielberg Sprint race of the Formula 2 Championship at Red Bull Ring on July 1, 2023 in Spielberg, Austria. (Clive Rose/Getty Images)
MP MOTORSPORT DRIVER DILANO VAN ‘T HOFF DIES AFTER A CRASH AT A RACE IN BELGIUM
French racer Anthoine Hubert died in August 2019 at the start of Raidillon in an F2 race at Spa-Francorchamps. After that incident, changes were made to the area.
The track was wet, which, combined with the dangerous spot, caused a “real danger”, Stroll’s teammate Fernando Alonso said.
“We can’t see anything. So if there’s a car in the middle of the straight or whatever, that’s the real danger. What happened today must not be repeated,” he said.
Van ‘t Hoff won the Spanish F4 championship in 2021 and was 15th in the FRECA standings going into Saturday.
View of Raidillon and Eau Rouge on the Spa-Francorchamps race track during the TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps – FIA WEC race at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on April 29, 2023 in Spa, Belgium. (Sjoerd van der Wal/Getty Images)
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A minute’s silence was observed before the main race of the Spa 24 Hours on Saturday.
Joe Morgan of Fox News and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
