Pierre Gasly did not hold back when reflecting on the scary recovery truck incident at Suzuka. And rightly so. F1 JapaneseGP
Pierre Gasly was furious at the presence of a recovery vehicle on track while he was driving at Suzuka, branding it “disrespectful” to the memory of friend and former F1 driver Jules Bianchi.
Bianchi’s collision with a recovery truck at a wet Suzuka in 2014 left him with the injury which ultimately proved fatal, with AlphaTauri driver Gasly and several others voicing their anger at similar circumstances presenting themselves again in conditions where visibility early on was almost non-existent.
The situation came about after Carlos Sainz aquaplaned and crashed into the barrier on the exit of the Turn 10 hairpin on the first lap at Suzuka, prompting the Safety Car to come out. Gasly, having already started from the pit lane, was the unlucky driver to pick up a loose piece of material from an advertising hoarding that was strewn across the track after theHe pitted to have it removed as a result, and while he was trying to catch the back of the pack as the red flag was about to be shown, his close shave with the recovery vehicle being on the edge of the track surface came as a significant shock, particularly as he could not see it until the very last moment.
Reflecting on his frightful moment to Sky F1 after the race, Gasly said: “I mean, we lost Jules already. We all lost an amazing guy, amazing driver, for the reasons that we know eight years ago on the same track in the same conditions with a crane.“No respect for the life of the driver. No respect for Jules’ memory. Incredible.”
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