Gasly’s scare that has recalled the Bianchi tragedy in Suzuka


09/10/2022

Act at 08:25

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After Sainz’s accident, the Frenchman has dodged a crane on the track, a situation of maximum risk like the one that cost his compatriot his life on the same stage

The FIA ​​has opened an investigation and has considered that Gasly was going at high speed when he tried to regroup under the safety car. Bianchi’s father has been very critical in networks

The race in Japan started in the rain, with the track in very delicate conditions and more water forecast in the next hour. Despite this, the pilots have opted for the intermediate compound and it has soon been seen that it was risky. Vettel has been touched with Alonso after the start and a huge piece of his Aston Martin has gone flying to end up embedded in the nose of the car gasly, who had started from the pit lane due to penalty.

After the accident Carlos Sainz On the first lap, the Frenchman went through the pits to repair his front wing and when he returned to the track, with hardly any visibility, he had to dodge a crane, in a scenario in which a similar situation cost his compatriot his life jules bianchi“God, what is this tractor doing on the track! This is incredible, unacceptable,” Gasly cried. by radio, out of their boxes. Later, with the race stopped with a red flag, the Gallic driver got out of the car with a face of panic due to the massive scare. “He could have killed me,” he told his crew chief. Intolerable.

The FIA ​​has launched an investigation of the incident and noted that the race was neutralized with a safety car when Gasly returned to the track and that the Frenchman was going at high speed to try to catch up with the group, noting that he exceeded 250 km/h under the safety car regime.

The Bianchi’s father He has reacted to the extremely dangerous situation on social networks: “This is not respecting the life of a pilot, it is a lack of respect for the memory of Jules, incredible.”

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