Carlos Sainz’s Japanese Grand Prix lasted not even one lap. The Ferrari driver, relegated from third to fourth position immediately after the start, was misled by the wet asphalt and lost control of his F1-75 and then crashed into the safety barriers at the exit of turn 8 .
The images shown by the replays gave viewers some thrills. The single-seaters that followed, in fact, touched the Spaniard’s car, but fortunately all the drivers were able to avoid the Red and Carlos managed to get out of the car unscathed.
“These things happen in these conditions, but the truth is that I didn’t see anything,” said a Sainz during the red flag interruption. “I tried to get out of Checo’s wake but at that moment I found a very wet part and ended up in aquaplaning and then spinning”.
For Sainz, however, the fright did not come at the moment of impact but after. Carlos made no secret of his fear when he saw the group come at great speed in poor visibility conditions.
“The real problem, however, came later when I stopped in the middle of the track and the other cars were coming. I knew they would have a hard time seeing me. I was in God’s hands ”.
Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB18, Carlos Sainz, Ferrari F1-75, Esteban Ocon, Alpine A522, Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes W13, at the start
Photo by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images
The Spaniard from Ferrari then explained what were the main problems that the drivers had to face in these wet conditions.
“With these conditions there are various problems. The first is given by the zero visibility with any type of compound, both full wet and intermediate. You can’t see anything and you have to drive without references. The second is given by the fact that the intermediates are much faster than the full wets and obviously everyone wants to take a risk and start with this compound, however when it rains a little more the chances of going aquaplaning increase ”.
“But the problem of visibility is really serious. If you go into a spin and others can’t see you you can risk a very big accident as we have seen in the past. This is what worries me at the moment because I know that the other riders can’t see anything on the track ”.
Before leaving, Sainz spoke about what happened on the track with Gasly touching a tractor on the track. The images recalled what happened in Suzuka in 2014 and Pierre’s screams via radio immediately went around the world.
“Even behind the safety car we see nothing and if you move a little further to the right or left and find a tractor on the track you could risk an unfortunate and perhaps stupid accident. You shouldn’t get out of the slipstream under the safety car, but why take a risk with a tractor on the track? It is for this reason that we drivers are surprised ”.
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