It wasn't one race easy for all riders, especially for Pierre gasly. The French driver finished in penultimate place in the standings. But today, the sporting result counts for very little.
The nightmare of the tractor
It is still under the eyes of all the presence of the tractor on the track, while the cars passed, during the red flag. The one who rightly complained about this situation was Pierre Gasly. The French driver caught sight of the tractor while he was trying to catch up with the group to enter the pit lane. His message on the radio, with very poor visibility conditions, was very clear. “What ***** is a tractor doing on the track! You didn't understand anything!!”. Message clearly referring to the massacre of Jules Bianchi.
Gasly penalized
La FIA nhe didn't understand anything, But in the end, after the scare, the bad news didn't stop for Gasly. In fact, still during that circumstance, the Frenchman did not reduce his speed under the red flag. Result? Drive through, turned 20 seconds and two points removed from license.
The words of the French driver
It ends like this the Japanese race of Gasly. The pilot of the AlphaTauri however, he wanted to analyze his fear in the post-GP.
“We've already lost Jules. We have all lost an extraordinary person and an exceptional driver to an accident eight years ago, on the same track and in the same conditions, and with a crane. How is it possible to review a tractor today? Not even on the gravel, but on the track, while we were still on the track. I really don't get it. Obviously I got scared, if I lost the car in the same way Sainz lost it the lap before I would be dead. It doesn't matter if I was at 100 or 200 km/h, I just don't understand; It's disrespectful to Jules and his family and to all of us pilots. If I had passed two meters to the left I would have died”.
STATEMENT SOURCE: FormulaPassion
