Medical Car

The FIA medical car, a Mercedes-Benz estate car or an Aston Martin DBXAston Martin reveals new F1 safety and medical cars for 2021, arrives at the scenes of accidents during Formula One races. It is driven by a professional medical car driver, which is currently Alan van der Merwe. The passenger of the car is usually a certified FIA doctor (Dr. Ian Roberts in recent years), usually to check to see if the driver is in good health.
==History==
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The medical car, along with the Safety Car, has been an important part of Formula One events since the late 1970's. The medical car was commissioned by Dr. Sid Watkins, chief medical officer of Formula One, after the tragic events of the 1978 .
During the in 1995, driver Taki Inoue was run over by the medical car.
During the morning warm up of the , Alex Ribeiro, the driver of the Medical Car arrived at the scene of Enrique Bernoldi's crash, but just as he opened the driver door, Nick Heidfeld came along in his , and smashed into the open door. It was Ribeiro's second mishap whilst driving the Medical Car, after he crashed the Medical Car into the barriers at the in 2000.
==Cars==
*-: Mercedes-Benz C36 AMG
*: Mercedes-Benz E60 AMG
*-: Mercedes-Benz C55 AMG Wagon (S202)
*-: Mercedes-Benz C32 AMG Wagon
*-: Mercedes-Benz C55 AMG Wagon (S203)
*-: Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Wagon
*-: Mercedes-AMG C 63 S
*-present: Mercedes-Benz GLE
*-2021: Mercedes-AMG C 63 S T-Modell
*-present: Aston Martin DBX
*2022-present: Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S 4MATIC+https://www.mercedes-amg.com/en/world-of-amg/news/2022/the-new-official-fia-f1-safety-car-and-medical-car.html
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