“I’m glad to see they worked on this,” Pierre Gasly pleased with FIA’s response to the tractor incident at the Japanese GP
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Pierre Gasly was unhappy with a potentiallu deadly event that took place in front of his eyes at the Japaness GP. Suzuka saw a drowning pour of rain at the start of the race that took out multiple cars and eventually led the race to a safety-car-regulated run. But as the cars ran around the track behind the safety car, cranes already made their place on the track in between their run to get rid of the cars stranded.
This led to a red flag but not until all the drivers made their pass through the crane. Gasly passed just past the crane, and the visibility was very low. He was fumed after the incident since he remembered a loss of Jules Bianchi. Gasly was later given a 20-second time penalty for not slowing down to a certain speed after the Red flags were waved. Anyhow, Gasly being unconcerned about the penalty went on to the FIA president to get himself cleared of what the situation was down on track and safety issues affected by the crane.
“That’s what I discussed with Mohammed after the race in Suzuka, that whatever happened there happened. And most important is just moving forward, that we make sure everybody is safe, whether it’s in F1 or in the lower categories,” said Gasly as per the Motorsport.
FIA to make sure of a safer race after Pierre Gasly’s concern
Pierre was desperate about the changes and investigations that ran around the crane situation. Talking to the FIA president led to certain changes which Gasly thinks was necessary and is a good step to take.
“I’m glad to see they worked on this matter very quickly and came up with solutions already the race straight after that happened. I was most interested in what they will put in place for the future,” said Gasly.
Ultimately, Drivers risk their lives inside the car and Gasly understands it very well, adding cranes over it just makes things worse: “At the end of the day, we are risking our lives, and again we just want to be as safe as possible. There are always going to be risks driving these cars in these conditions at such speeds, but as long as we can minimise the risk,” He said.
Pierre Gasly is looking forward to his career at Alpine starting in 2023. Joining a French team in a possible fourth-fastest car gives him the opportunity he very much deserved.
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