spafrancorchamps belgium sep 2 afp improved safety standards in motor racing will be pursued relentlessly and research into better protection for drivers will never stop according to the sports ruling body international motoring federation fia race director michael masi said an investigation into the crash on saturday that killed formula two driver anthoine hubert had already begun safety is ever evolving said masi who took over his role following the sudden death earlier this year of longtime fia official charlie whiting once different technologies become available different materials become available safety is an everevolving process for me it is something that will never end ive said it before and ill repeat it safety is one of the core pillars of the fia part of why it exists that is something that just wont stop well continue to research and look at things and improve them as best we can frenchman huberts death left the sport shocked and close friend charles leclerc dedicated his maiden formula one victory for ferrari to him following a dramatic win in sundays belgian grand prix the young monegasque drove with nearflawless judgement to convert pole position into a victory fending off a late charge from defending fivetime champion lewis hamilton of mercedes to win by ninetenths of a second hamilton who admitted he was devastated by the death of hubert and had a sleepless saturday night afterwards praised the work of the fia theres a huge amount of work that the fia have done up to this point he said i think theyve been working incredibly hard and weve seen big steps already obviously particularly when charlie was here he made massive steps forward so we will continue in that direction huberts death the first as a result of an accident at a grand prix for five years stunned the sport american driver juanmanuel correa who suffered broken legs and a spinal injury in the crash remained in intensive care on sunday but was reported to be in a stable condition afp apa apa