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Fear for Pierre Gasly at Suzuka

While trying to return at full speed to the peloton under safety car regime, Pierre Gasly came face to face with a crane which was working on Carlos Sainz's car. A racing event which legitimately frightened the Frenchman, who was also penalized, but supported by all his peers. Eight years after Jules Bianchi's fatal accident, the FIA ​​must be held accountable.

Published on 10/10/2022 à 14:00

Jeremy Satis

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Fear for Pierre Gasly at Suzuka

Managing the towing of Carlos Sainz's damaged Ferrari was extremely problematic © Panoramic

Pierre Gasly croisant un tracteur-grue en piste, c’est le genre d’images que l’on pensait ne plus jamais revoir. Le genre d’acquis que l’on espérait définitif. On avait osé croire que l’accident de Jules Bianchi, intervenu en 2014 dans des conditions météo similaires et sur le même circuit, avait constitué une leçon suffisamment douloureuse pour qu’elle soit considérée comme assimilée. Huit ans après, pourtant, Suzuka a accouché de la même situation, du même effroi… le drame en moins fort heureusement. On est dans le 2e tour du Grand Prix du Japon. Alors que Pierre Gasly est passé par les stands pour changer son aileron avant accidenté, le Normand ressort loin derrière le peloton qu’il tente

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Bernard JOUVENE

10/10/2022 at 05:02 a.m.

A pure scandal on the part of the FIA! But...with the new president! All the drivers under safety car are coming back full force! It's their job And the crane must only go out under a red flag... It's true it lit up within a second of the crane coming out... Lamentable!! A zero point for the Suzuka marshals, moreover if the race director was competent we would have started in maximum rain and we would perhaps have had 2 hours of racing...?

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