Zef Eisenberg

The MATTER OF CONCERN is as follows: Evidence was heard that the driver’s safety harness crotch straps became detached from the car due to the impact when the car overturned. The car was fitted with a driver’s safety harness which included two crotch straps fastened at a single point mounted to the floor of the car which in turn was fastened to a reinforcement plate which is fitted underneath the car. The force of the impact as the car overturned was such that the reinforcement plate was pulled through the floor of the car thereby detaching the crotch straps from the car. The reinforcement plate complied with FIA regulations. The detachment of crotch strap harness in this instance cannot be said to have made a significant difference to the manner in which the driver died. My concern relates to the regulation and assessment of the strength of cars at the point the harness and the reinforcement plates are fitted. Motor Sport UK (MSUK) is the governing body of four plus wheeled motorsport in the UK and is recognised as the national sporting authority by the FIA (world governing body).