Worried Mark Webber wants drivers to keep their cool

Mark Webber claims Formula One drivers have become too aggressive because they are walking away from major crashes and fears their “luck will run out one day”.

The Australian said today that dramatic safety improvements mean drivers are feeling invincible.

His comments follow a multi-car pile-up at this month’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, where Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso — who was not at fault — was lucky to escape serious injury as a car missed his head by centimetres.

Webber wrote in his BBC column: “The level of aggressiveness has ramped up a bit just because guys know that usually they’ll be able to walk away from a crash. We have been lucky and we all know that luck will run out one day.”