Two marshals passed from one side of the track to the other while the Racing Bulls driver passed. The team reported the incident to the FIA: “We are investigating”
Liam Lawson will hardly forget the experience he had in the F1 GP in Mexico. A race not memorable for the result, given that the Racing Bulls driver retired on lap nine after experiencing problems with his front wing. The New Zealander will remember the Grand Prix for almost hitting two stewards as he exited the pit lane. And not his fault. In fact, it was the marshals who imprudently crossed the track, without calculating the speed Lawson was maintaining at that point. The episode prompted the FIA to investigate thoroughly.
fear
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The incident was made known thanks to the camera positioned in the pilot’s cockpit. The images transmitted by Dazn captured the two commissioners as they passed from one side of the track to the other during the third lap. Lawson, who returned to the pits with his car damaged after a contact with Alexander Albon, was restarting to try to save a complicated race. Leaving the pit lane, Liam did not maintain a very high speed, given the yellow flags displayed at that point. However, he got scared when he glimpsed the silhouettes of the marshalls, exclaiming over the radio: “Are we kidding? Did you see them? I could have killed them!”. Other images of the episode subsequently went viral on social media, analyzed from different shots.
EXPLANATION
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Racing Bulls reported what happened to race direction. The FIA took stock of the situation with a short statement: “Following an accident, the race direction was informed of the presence of debris at Turn 1. On the third lap, the stewards were asked to enter the track to clean it when all the cars had passed Turn 1. As soon as it became clear that Lawson had stopped in the pits, the instructions sent to the stewards were changed and a double yellow flag was displayed in that area. We are continuing to investigate the subsequent incident.” The investigation is only just beginning.
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