Leading Brazilian touring car driver Caca Bueno is calling for urgent safety improvements at the Interlagos Formula One circuit. The reason is the 3rd dead driver in recent times caused by an accident at the "Curva do Cafe" turn.
At the wet Sao Paulo venue, stock car driver Gustavo Sondermann lost control and crashed near the end of the lap at the fast-left Curva do Cafe corner. Unfortunately crash impact was too heavy and the Brazilian driver succumbed to his injuries.
In 2007, Rafael Sperafico was killed after he bounced off the wall and into the path of a competitor, and in February a motorcycle rider also died at the same corner who becomes known as 'Tamburello de Interlagos." for its mortality .
In fact 'Tamburello' is a reference to Imola's notorious sweeping corner that was radically reprofiled after Ayrton Senna was killed there in 1994 putting a tragic end to the Brazilian hero of F1.
Bueno, the leading driver in the Brazilian stock car championship, commenting in an interview with TV Globo about the tragic incident.
"The circuit is very good, the best in the country and internationally approved, but we have a serious problem there. We need to make a change and the ideal one would be an escape area."
Former F1 driver Luciano Burti, a Sao Paulo native, agrees.
"We need to find the room for that, like bringing down the bleachers for some run-off. Safety must come first. The solution exists and we need unity to make the changes before the next thing happens there."
