Sebastian Vettel is not sufficiently remembered regarding the accident of Jules Bianchi at the Suzuka Circuit eight years ago when the recovered vehicle entered the course at the final of the 2022 F1 Japan GP. I wondered.
Shortly following the start of the Japanese Grand Prix, F1 drivers expressed their outrage when a tractor entered the circuit to retrieve the crashed Ferrari of Carlos Sainz Jr.
Especially Pierre Gasly, who was pitting to change the wing when the safety car came out, approached the recovery vehicle with very poor visibility due to the weather.
The incident, which coincided with the eventual death of Jules Bianchi in 2014 when he collided with a recovery vehicle in similar conditions, has reignited the debate over F1 driver safety.
After the race, Sebastian Vettel told Sky Sports F1 that Jules Bianchi’s accident was “probably not remembered enough”.
The four-time F1 world champion believes there are measures that need to be considered to avoid creating another dangerous situation.
“There are many things that have happened and that have led to this situation. First of all we need to understand that,” said Sebastian Vettel.
“The whole grid was on the wrong tyre. It should have been all of us to blame, but no one should be blamed because we are all in the same position of pressure.”
“There are intermediate tires that are much faster than extreme tires. Extreme tires are good tires for the conditions, but they are so slow that there is pressure to move on to the next tire. It improves to solve the problem. There is a need”
“You can’t race if there’s water on the track. Maybe you don’t have enough drainage. We’ve known this for years. But one thing led to another and then Carlos. crashed off the course.”
“If you follow the spray in the car, you’ll have very little visibility. We’re lucky nothing happened, but we need to understand that and make sure it doesn’t happen.”
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