Despite the Frenchman being seething, it is Gasly who is being dealt with harshly by the FIA.
Today was a special day for Pierre Gasly. It was the weekend he announced his move to the Alpine team. Very cool for him, the Frenchman has worked hard for years for a seat at a top team. Red Bull was going to be difficult with Pérez, so he was allowed to switch to Alpine. Of course you can ask whether Alpine is a ‘top team’, but at least it is a works team that has made significant strides this year.
Not a great weekend
But the Japanese Grand Prix 2022 did not go well. For example, his race already started from the pit lane because changes had been made to his car. This is contrary to the parc fermé rules. But it didn’t stop there. As you all have seen, a tractor was on the track too early to take Sainz’s Ferrari off the track.
However, this was already there before all the cars were off the track. Pierre Gasly drove past it and spoke great disgrace. It is especially harsh at Suzuka, as Jules Bianchi collided with a shovel and lost his life during the Japanese GP in 2014. Even Jules Bianchi’s father sent out a very angry tweet.
Gasly tackled hard
But guess what, Gasly is being hit hard by the FIA. How come? Well, Pierre drove past the tractor rather quickly. According to the telemetry about 250 km/h. That is a speed that was much too high given the situation. After all, the race had already been flagged. At least, there was already talk of a red flag situation. Now Gasly was the only one on wet tires and was already driving considerably slower than normal, but 150 km/h faster than the 100 km/h allowed under such conditions.
And so Gasly is dealt with hard. He receives a time penalty of no less than 20 seconds. He is now the last number of the race. Not only that, he also gets two points on his racing license, putting him on 9 penalty points. If a driver has 12 points, he cannot participate in the next race. So Gasly has to watch out. It wasn’t Gasly’s weekend anyway, because in addition to that bad luck, he also suffered from a billboard on the nose of his car. A GP to quickly forget.
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