F1 Japanese Grand Prix: Pierre Gasly emotionally recalls Jules Bianchi accident and says - “I was two metres from passing away today”
A chaotic start at Suzuka resulted in a red flag when 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz crashed on the first lap, but i🥃n dangerously wet conditions Gasly then drove narrowly passed a recovery vehicle which was on the track.
He later fumed to his AlphaTauri team - and afterwards remembered how fellow Frenchman 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jules Bianchi died after aไn accident in similar circumstances at the same track in 2014.
After the race, Gasly was handed a drive-through penalty - converted into🍬 a 20-second time penalty - for speeding under the red flag.
The FIA did acknowledge that Gasly was distracted by th🍎e trac💎tor on track.
Gasly explained: “We started last so𒊎 the visibility was extremely poor. Carlos aquapla🦂ned in Turn 12, lost control of the car, and went out.
“As a consequence there♕ was a board that I could not really see. I could not see where I was going so I boxed.
“We lost Jules eight years ago in similar conditions, with a crane on track in the gra⛄vel.
“I don’t understand how eight years later, in similar conditions, we can see a crane. No🍌t even in the gravel, on the racing line!
“It is not respectful to Jules💜, his family or his loveཧd ones, or all of us.
“It was a dramatic incident. On that day we learned that we don’t wan💎t to see trꦕactors in these conditions."
Pierre Gasly: "If I lost the car... I would be dead right now"
“If I lost the car in the same wa🌸y that Carlos lost his car on the lap before? I was doing 200kph, but even at 100kph, it’s a 12 tonnes crane. If I hit it, I woul꧑d be dead right now.
“I am extremelyܫ grateful that I am still standing. Still able to call my family, my loved ones, and nothing happened.
“For all us drivers - I hope this is the last time we se💜e a crane.”
Gasly was investigated by steward🎉s for the incident but explained: “I tried to slow down, not in an er🎶ratic manner, because if I slammed the brake, I would have lost the car and ended up in the crane.
“I was two metres away❀ from passing away today, which isn’t acceptable as a racing driver.
“We were ꧃all in the pitlane one minute later. Risking my life for one minute? I don’t think it is acceptable.
“There was a crane on the racing line.
“It was two metres aw♛ay from my front left tyre. I was extremely scared.
“We all suffered from Jules’ accident. If we could go back and change the situation on t﷽hat day, he would still be here.
“For the future, what I want is for all my colleagues to be safe, in F1 andꦅ younger categories. Hopefully we can finally learn from this situation.”
A shortened race was won by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen who clinched his second 💟consecutive F1 cha👍mpionship in the process.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football,🌳 to F1.
