team driver “Alpha Tauri” Pierre Gasly criticized Japanese Grand Prix organizers for having a tractor on the track during the race, saying he could have died due to their negligent attitude.
Dashcam footage from Gasly’s car shows him overtaking a tow truck on the track after the race was suspended due to increased rain. Later, the Frenchman was fined 20 seconds at the end of the race for speeding in red flag mode on the return lap to the pit lane.
“Obviously I was scared. If I had lost my car like Carlos (Sainz) had earlier – no matter how fast – I would have just died. It’s that simple. How is it possible that a tow truck is present not in the gravel, but on the track while we are still on the track? I do not understand that.
I’m just very grateful to be here, and tonight I’m going to call my family and all my loved ones… I drove two meters from this tractor. If I was two meters to the left I would be dead, Gasly said in an interview. sky sports .
The Frenchman also remembered his compatriot Jules Bianchi, who in 2014 crashed into a tow truck during the Japanese Grand Prix on the same track and died a few months later from his injuries.
We have already lost Jules. We all lost an amazing guy, a great runner for reasons we all know,” Gasley added.
The Alpha Tauri rider took 18th in the race, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won, who took the championship title.
Source : MatchTV
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