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I think there are many factors at play here with this crash. One thing I dont recall seeing decades ago, is many of these kind of crashes, so I wonder if its partly a driver behavior issue, or maybe a rear vision issue of not being aware of where your car is relative to another car beside you (poor mirrors?). Certainly the increased weight helped to penetrate the barrier. I think the cars are over 100kg heavier than cars from the 90s (for example).
I do think some drivers (all?) do push the rules of the road and the rules of racing further than drivers did 20-30 years ago. I dont think you would get drivers pushing drivers wide into a gravel trap, or going onto wide grass and flooring it to rejoin as they do these days when its tarmac run off.
I'm no fan of the Halo (and I still am not) but you cant really argue that in this case, it saved Grosjean's life.
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