Jules Bianchi

The father of the late Jules Bianchi has expressed his anger after Pierre Gasly's near-collision with a recovery tractor at the Japanese GP.

We lost Jules because of that mistake. ‘What happened today is totally unacceptable!!!!! spun into the barriers.

Pierre Gasly almost suffered a huge collision at the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka on Sunday when he narrowly avoided hitting a recovery vehicle in dreadful ...

In poor visibility, Gasly almost drove straight into the tractor at speeds that the FIA said were around 250 km/h. At the start of the 2022 race, Carlos Sainz spun out in wet conditions, leading to damage to Gasly’s AlphaTauri when an advertising hoarding struck his car. Then, a Sauber was being removed by a recovery vehicle, which Bianchi collided with.

Pierre Gasly emotionally described his near-miss at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix with a recovery vehicle: “If I hit it, I would be dead right now”.

“If I lost the car in the same way that Carlos lost his car on the lap before? “We were all in the pitlane one minute later. “As a consequence there was a board that I could not really see. “I don’t understand how eight years later, in similar conditions, we can see a crane. Risking my life for one minute? Still able to call my family, my loved ones, and nothing happened.

French racing driver Pierre Gasly has driven past a tractor on track at speed at the Japanese Grand Prix, eight years after Jules Bianchi lost his life at ...

"We risk our lives, especially in conditions like this. "There needs to be a full investigation as to why there was a recovery vehicle on the circuit." "Should NEVER EVER be a tractor on track until the cars are all collected up behind a safety car or in the pits." Unacceptable." To recover Sainz's wrecked Ferrari, a tractor was on track to remove the car while the rest of the field was still going around the circuit behind the safety car. After hearing a driver had gone past a tractor on track at speed, Sainz said there was no need for that kind of vehicle while cars will still be on the circuit in bad conditions.

Philippe Bianchi has hit out at F1 for showing "no respect for the life of the driver" after a recovery vehicle was on the track at Suzuka.

“No respect for the life of the driver. He tweeted: “No respect for the life of the driver. No respect for Jules’ memory. What made Sunday’s incident even more concerning is that the recovery vehicle was on the live track. What is this tractor on track? What is this tractor?

Formula 1 drivers and team principals condemn race officials for putting a recovery vehicle on track in wet conditions at the Japanese Grand Prix.

I hope this is the last time ever I see a crane on track!" Incredible." Gasly said over the team radio: "What is this tractor on track? Perez said on social media: "How can we make it clear that we never want to see a crane on track? We can keep it short: this must not happen, guys." "Wtf.

At the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, Bianchi collided with a crane trying to recover another vehicle, and he died months later from his head injuries.

“While it is normal practice to recover cars under SC and Red Flag conditions, due to the particular circumstances and also taking into account feedback from of a number of drivers, the FIA has launched a thorough review of the events involving the deployment of recovery vehicles during the Japanese Grand Prix. “If I would have lost the car in a similar way as Carlos lost it on the lap before … “We lost Jules eight years ago in similar conditions with a crane on track in the gravel. We lost a life in this situation years ago. It was a dramatic incident, and I think on that day we learned we don’t want to see any tractors in this kind of conditions. “It is just not respectful towards Jules, towards his family, towards his loved ones and all of us.

Jules Bianchi's father has spoken out after frightening scenes involving Pierre Gasly at the Japanese Grand Prix. Read more here.

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'Would be dead right now': F1's 'unacceptable' blunder explained and fatal lesson still not learned.

In the grand scheme of everything that happened on Sunday and in the context of Verstappen’s enormous points lead, it seems like a trivial matter, particularly given only two positions changed on the final lap. They’ll then go around one more time on the final lap, at the end of which the chequered flag will be shown and the race will be over. There was a delay of more than two hours between the race being red flagged and then resumed behind the safety car. Though the TV graphics were correct, the teams, drivers and media were all unclear about whether the race would be rewarded with full points or partial points. “We lost Jules eight years ago in similar conditions, with a crane on track or in the gravel,” Gasly said. But that can’t distract from the more egregious error of creating an unsafe circuit environment in already unsafe conditions. At the heart of that sorry episode was excess speed in wet conditions with external vehicles on track. “The most important thing is for the future,” Gasly said. When cars are bunched behind the safety car, they’re forced to drive at a safe speed and have the safety car driver guiding them out of harm’s way. But it’s yet another unnecessary and messy mistake from race control in conditions and on a day it needed to be better, whether to protect the safety of the drivers or protect the integrity of the championship. It ultimately lost him his life. But the point of contention isn’t whether the FIA followed the letter of the law; it’s that the truck was deployed to the track in borderline undriveable conditions and with one of the cars not yet in the safety car queue.