Due to increased rain, the Japanese Grand Prix was stopped by red flags just two laps after the start, but several incidents occurred in the opening minutes of the race. There is a lot of water on the track and visibility is critically low.
“The decision to stop the race is the right one, the conditions are very difficult,” said Alpine F1 chief Otmar Szafnauer. – Contact between the cars of Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso is a common incident from the category of those that are possible at the start, when everyone is trying to regain some positions, and the brakes don’t really work effectively in such conditions. However, I have not yet analyzed it in detail.
The rain has intensified and there seems to be a lot of standing water on the track, so I support the race directors’ decision. If we talk about the forecast, then the heaviest rain is expected in the next ten minutes, and then it will start to decrease.
If the restart is given after the safety car, we will have to put tires on for heavy rain, but I think everyone wants to switch to intermediate tires as soon as possible. There can be a lot of pit stops, but it’s not for nothing that our mechanics have been training all season!”
Source: F1 News
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