What shocked me the most is that Gasly was blamed for the situation at all. I heard even skysport commentators where criticizing Gasly for driving so fast. While in fact he was doing what was needed to catch up. There is no other way to say it, the crane and the Marshall should not have been on track.

A truly shocking incident that has me concerned as it is just the latest in a seeming never ending series of FIA mistakes. The silver lining is that nothing happened thankfully

the whole weekend had problems. drivers starting on the wrong tyre. the points debacle. drivers not knowing when the race was done. the tractor on the circuit. im sure there are more im forgetting, but still, none of these things should have happened and it needs to be sorted

That view from the grandstand seeing how fast they actually drive behind the safety car and how much room there is to lodge an F1-car underneath that recovery vehicle... It makes my stomach churn. If any one of the drivers had lost control while passing the scene, they absolutely could have been killed.

It's appalling that the FIA wanted to risk another Jules Bianchi. And here's the thing: Bianchi was both a good friend of Pierre Gasly, as well as Charles Leclerc's godfather.

Thank you Aldas, seeing that 2 of my favourite drivers could have been killed at the exact track in the same circumstances really hit home, I remember when I was a kid, turning over the channel to the interviewers saying that they could not show the highlight footage due to Bianchi's injuries really hurt and to this day still kills me that I couldn't see him race again, especially considering he was my favourite driver. The FIA really need to revaluate the rules that they have implimented.

Somehow, the new Race Directors manage to do an even worse job overall this year than Masi did last year People loved to shit on him, i say he was done real dirty in hindsight

Whats shocking to me was FIA's statement. they said that that was the procedure. I was baffled and im sure that nothing will come out from that invastigation

It's so gross how they tried to blame Pierre for this instead of taking any accountability. Absolute gaslighting to the maximum and they seriously need to get their shit together before someone dies.

Hit em Bro! The FIA has to feel the social pressure too 👀✌🏻

I feel like what's worse about this whole thing is that the FIA and some commentators tried pinning 100% blame on Gasly when the issue got brought up as if not realizing what the real issue here is. Speeding should be penalized, but at the very least the FIA should still ensure that people are kept out of death as much as possible especially if drivers have close to 0 visibility and cars can aquaplane pretty quickly.

I can't believe that there are not lights on the recovery vehicle... Is sad that the Show are becoming more important than this factors in some ways...

Yeah tbh f1 needs to get better with this. We saw it at Turkey 2020 as well. They also need another body to look into them like possibly the global sporting court but idk. Just it should not happen again.

i had an argument with some guy on a community post when the red flag was up. i said that they should just stop the race and go home because what had happened. some guy said that it wasnt the FIA fault but it was Pierre Gasly´s fault... i havent been mad at someone in a very long time. it was absurd.

My idea. Under safety car the micro sector/s around the accident is passed at pit lane speed. The micro sector before is a warning sector, but around the accident site everyone is at 80km/hr

Never forget. Never means never.

Remember last time the FIA “investigated itself”…

Recovery vehicle should atleast have blinking lights on it's back🙄, Can't imagine what could have happened to Gasly/AnyOtherDriver 😟

I couldn't see the recovery vehicle as Pierre drove up to and past it, and I knew it was there, in fact all I saw was a dim light flashing through the mist. I'm not even going to get into the Marshall being on the track 🤯°🔫

First good vid from aldas as always

My idea for safety car procedure: As soon as it's called, all cars are reduced to VSC speeds - - This helps to avoid cars going too quickly to catch up to the pack All drivers must pass into the pits at the first opportunity (actually pitting is optional) - - I've heard calls about closing the pit lane during SC to stop people getting an unfair advantage (somehow?) but it's essential that all cars be allowed to pit for safety purposes - - Also, this means that there are no cars on track whilst the incident is being cleared Safety Car sits at the end of the pit lane until ALL cars line up behind it - - This allows any trailing cars to latch onto the pack as that would be quite difficult under VSC speeds When, and ONLY when, the incident is cleared, the Safety Car leaves the pits with all cars in tow - - No cars running laps whilst the danger is on track means NO opportunity for crashes and the marshalls can do their job without risk of being run over by a stray F1 car Once on the circuit, all cars unlap themselves - - ALL cars... not some... and because the incident is cleared, the lapped cars can quickly shoot off at race pace Once the final unlapping car has passed the SC, one additional lap is ran by the SC before it comes in - - This allows the back of the pack cars to get some kind of distance from the leaders before the SC comes in Don't get me wrong, that procedure is borderline red-flag territory, but the benefit of this system would include not having to wait 15 minutes to an hour to get the cars back out on track.

I have some ideas for safety equipment that can be useful in heavy rain conditions like Suzuka last Sunday: 1. I would suggest some type of flashing yellow lights on the T-shape camera dock above the car that has gyroscope and g-force sensors and independent batteries so it would automatically turn on upon impact and can be independently operated outside the electricity of the car (because of the battery). The T-shape lights should at least can survive the type of crash that Mick Schumacher had in Jeddah this year where the T-shape is also broken from the mounting (but still intact). This is optional but, I think a loud and buzzing high-pitch noise can also be added to warn nearby drivers and marshall, at least until the marshall turns that off. 2. A flashing HALO lights that are also connected to the gyroscope and g-force sensors would flash a yellow light. An example of this would be similar to Formula E Fan Boost lights around the HALO

Pirelli needs to step up there game. With the whole field on inters (because... Pirelli) it should have been a rolling start under the safety car for 5 laps to disperse some of the water.

these videos are always amazing

It is terrifying that I couldn’t see the recovery crew until it was 25 meters ahead of the camera above Gasly

For Sainz's crash or incidents like this may occur in the future, what should've done is firstly safety car out and tell the FIA to red flag the session. Then only recovery vehicle and marshalls come on track and do their thing

Absolutely uncalled for

FIA more worried about banning jewelry and blaming Pierre himself instead of taking accountability

They should install cranes but this is Japan and change doesn’t happen fast. The tractors at Suzuka have long been part of the ‘cute’ crowd entertainment. They still drive them around the track after the race with big foam hands attached to the diggers, waving up and down.

I am very afraid that we will lose another driver until FIA really become serious about it…

They made bigger and havier cars for "more safety", there was never an incident caused by the fact that the cars were to small. But dumb mistakes aren't solved in 8 years...

For wet conditions where a tractor is needed to evacuate a car, the race has to be suspended and the tractor may only enter the track after all cars are in the pit lane.

Having an isolated incident with a crane is less harmful than risking the spine and therefore the nervous systems of drivers knowingly. Especially if it happens and the people taking the risks are not showing any kind of remorse. If safety is the issue we should focus on regular ways of working first, eliminating mistakes second. That's how things should work, and do when the topic (health and safety) is actually what people care about. But Mercedes puts their drivers in cars stating it's harmful on the long term and could inflict permanent damage because they choose to do so. If health and safety is truly the issue here that's where we should start, Mercedes knowingly and openly putting the lives of their drivers at stake. Only when nobody is consciously risking lives it makes sense to focus on eliminating mistakes. What we see now is random events that people simply dive on without even considering the bigger picture here. There's something to be said for marshals arguing: "Yeah, we took a risk. But so did Wolff, we figured it was all part of the game! Are you trying to tell me safety is so important? How do you line that up with the decisions Mercedes made with their porpoising car?"

Yeah but for 2014 the recovery vehicle was completely off track so it wasn’t really their fault but his time yes as it was on track

I'm also very angered by the reaction of the F1 management to this.

Horrible situation that should that have happened. I believe the FIA will not let this happen again but I believe the bigger issue going forward is racing when wet with no visability. Many F1 fans like these conditions because it can "Spice" up the race but Sainz could have also been seriously injured by another car had he been a little more on track after his spin. Racing when you cannot see is going to cause another horrific accident.

Could Alonso really not see the recovery vehicle? I know the angles are deceptive when it comes to spray but in the clip here they really are passing at about 20mph. If they couldn't see it even there then that's astonishing really.

wtf is the point of the wet tires if they are never gonna use them? And if the conditions are bad enough to use the wet tires the race is usually red flagged anyways. Just get rid of them and save the MILLIONS of dollars Pirelli are wasting on them every year.

Isnt the Halo also protecting from a Recovery vehicle?

my dad said that he taught the crane was also racing because vehicle not racing is not supposed to be on track

The FIA can't keep doing things like this

I'm speculating the FIA gets a clean race bonus and a safety car or red flag reduces that bonus that's why they are so reluctant in using a red flag even in these circumstances, it's the only logical reason for the FIA to be so negligent of the safety they profess

I've only been watching F1 regularly for the past 2 years although I've been following the sport on and off since 2000. This incident, the point allocation confusion at the finish of the same GP, and the fiasco of 2021 Abu Dhabi and Belgian GP show that FIA is a bunch of inept bureaucrats who couldn't even be trusted with making comprehensible rules. I can't say that F1 would be better off without FIA but it can't be worse, can it?

The FIA is like a monkey with a firearm. They have all of the power and no competence to handle it and the worst part is that since they are on top of the hierarchy. So they will not/can not be held accountable.

The FIA would rather ban grid girls than caring about safety despite them saying "we need safer racing". They are hypocrites.

F1 had become an tedium or ennui again despite 2022 regulation revamp. Gone are the monsoon tyre variant from the past, now every wet race is too pampered and delayed by hours, later such races had been curtailed to 2 hours time limit Drivel. Wet races should be started with standing start and not by following SC. Such wet conditions will bring the best out of top draw racing drivers, such races will also separate great racing drivers from also ran or bang average racing drivers

Aldas. Dude. I'm sure you've reflected om which images to use for the video, but that picture of Bianchis car doesn't quite sit right with me. I know we need to be acutely aware of how dangerous racing can be, but it felt sort of shock factoresque to have that included. I love your content and this video was informative and brilliantly executed as always. Your passion - and outrage - comes across in you voice when you adress how these things cannot be allowed to happen.

The solution to this problem isn't even difficult as it already exists. Send an all coms message to all drivers that there is a vehicle and/or marshals on track, in sector X, but beyond that, when drivers can't even see, the race needs to be red flagged and drivers sent back to the pits before any vehicles or human can enter the track. It's literally not hard. Other categories already do this. In other news, we as fans have been crying all season long to just let the drivers race, and why do we even have wet tyres if they'll never be used....and shock of shock, we got started right on time! Well, I guess we all found out why this was a bad idea together. Those Pirelli extreme wets suck so much that no team even wanted to touch them for fear of losing pace...can you blame them....they're there to race!

I didn't even watch the race after that « incident ». FIA are the clowns of the season, not Ferrari.

FIA had a championship to win Nothing was more important

It was over shadowed by there cheating.

And we were outraged by monza... OMG do these guys even have a brain cell?!

Yo

Respect yellow flags. Going way too fast during yellow flags. No excuse

The 'CLICK!' noise is REALLY irritating. Please MAKE IT GO AWAY!

Just can’t stand the way speee kah!

Petition to make Aldas the FIA president. If that happened, nothing like this shocking incident would occur

The issue isn’t F1 or FIA, it’s the incompetent Japanese authorities.

FIA more like MONKYS

Max redbull is a lier

Even though I put slightly more of the blame of Gasly for not slowing under safety car conditions and yellow flags, I fully understand the criticism being circulated. However, having it happen at Suzuka though, i think aggravated opinions to too much of an extreme. I mean, hardly anyone made note of cars driving past the recovery vehicle picking up Ricciardo’s McLaren at Monza. For me, there should not be recovery vehicles on the track at the same time as Grand Prix cars, full stop. I’m personally sick of having FIA-related negative chatter, being the talking points of every third or even second race. I’m new to F1 and I want to relish with others in their love for this sport, not being angry and throwing hatred regularly. I’m curious, do some of you think we as fans can do a better job than the race officials at their job?