another angle here
https://www.thechicane.com/2009/07/17/hans-hermanns-close-call/

apparently he never again raced

I do recall the popular contrarian mythology, when seatbelts became compulsory, that one would be better off without - being thrown clear was felt to be desirable.

What the equivalent is for safety belts in our current times, I don't know.

Hans Herrmann’s Close Call

Now this is exactly the position you probably don’t want to be in. Then again, by nearly any measure, sitting on the track watching your BRM tumble through the air, throwing wheels, exhaust, …

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