In Formula 1, milliseconds separate victory from defeat. But in Bahrain, 2018, those same milliseconds separated routine from disaster. During a scheduled stop, Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen was released from the pit box before the left-rear wheel was fully secured. The car struck mechanic Francesco Cigarini, breaking both bones in his lower leg. The cause wasn’t recklessness, it was automation doing exactly what it was told to do, not what was needed. What the Investigation