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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 crossing a tractor-crane on the track, it's the kind of image you thought you'd never see again. The kind of achievement that we hoped would be definitive. We dared to believe that Jules Bianchi's accident, which occurred in 2014 in similar weather conditions and on the same circuit, had constituted a sufficiently painful lesson for it to be considered assimilated. Eight years later, however, Suzuka was given birth to the same situation, the same fear... fortunately less drama. We are in the 2nd round of the Japanese Grand Prix. While Pierre Gasly went through the pits to change his damaged front wing, the Norman came out far behind the peloton which he attempted

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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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