Luck, each unhealthy and good, is unpredictable. There was a really low chance that Fernando Alonso would run off the observe in Australia, not to mention {that a} pebble would hit somebody within the stands.
But when on high of that the injured individual is a former top-level tennis participant, it’s virtually not possible to imagine. Though followers are all the time a number of meters away from the observe, as a result of these stones can fly generally you might be within the flawed place on the worst doable second.
Alonso went a bit off observe in qualifying. At Albert Park, in contrast to different circuits, there aren’t any massive run-offs and the observe limits are marked by the grass and gravel. Because of this, when the drivers go away the observe they often throw up a whole lot of mud and gravel, which generally shoots out a couple of meters as a result of velocity at which the automobiles cross.
One of many items of gravel flung within the air by the Spaniard went straight into the attention of tennis participant Jelena Dokic. The Croatian, 3 times third at Wimbledon, twice on the Australian Open and twice runner-up on the US Open, was invited to the Melbourne Grand Prix by Mercedes.
After Fernando’s incident at flip 6 in Q3 she needed to obtain therapy from the Mercedes paramedic, however there have been no issues and every thing was only a scare.
The scare was nothing
The previous tennis participant didn’t need to fear anybody, as a result of after receiving therapy every thing was okay.
“If you go to the Method 1 weekend in Australia and a automobile goes off the observe proper in entrance of you, actually all of the stone particles flies proper into your eye. Alonso went off the observe and the gravel particles you see flying off his rear wheels hit me instantly in the fitting eye. I needed to get therapy, however every thing was nice,” mentioned Dokic.
She even confirmed a fantastic humorousness on her social media: “It is only a bloodshot and gouged eye. I will survive. Unimaginable and fast work by the paramedic on the Mercedes showroom in Australia. I am able to see extra F1, and I can affirm that the make-up one way or the other stayed in place and did not come off.”
Aston Martin needed to apologize for the state of affairs, though they weren’t at fault and responded to her through social media: “We’re sorry to see this, Jelena Dokic. We ship you our greatest needs and hope you get well easily and shortly”.
Nonetheless, the tennis participant needed to say once more that she was nice on Sunday after the race: “For all those that ask me, my eye is okay in any respect, I am nice. Thanks for all the good messages.”
It is a reminder that though followers are protected at Method 1 Grand Prix occasions, motorsport is a harmful sport and incidents like this may occur now and again.
