The FIA’s Mexican physique has blamed Liam Lawson’s near-miss with marshals at Components 1’s Mexico Grand Prix on his alleged failure to sufficiently decelerate beneath a double yellow flag.
The marshals’ intervention geared toward clearing particles from the collision between the Racing Bulls driver and Carlos Sainz on lap 1. The incident was not investigated by stewards in the course of the race; the FIA’s personal investigation remains to be ongoing.
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OMDAI Sport Mexico printed a launch on Tuesday analysing the incident, backing its case with an in-depth description and visible proof together with quite a few screenshots from Lawson’s onboard digital camera.
OMDAI Sport Mexico argued that Lawson didn’t decelerate sufficiently beneath the double yellow flag that was waved because of the marshals’ presence on the monitor.
“When analysing the sequence from the digital camera onboard the automobile, it may be seen that driver Liam Lawson, as he approaches Flip 1, begins to show to take the racing line, at which level the presence of the monitor marshals is clearly seen as they perform their intervention procedures to gather the items that had been left behind because of the earlier contact,” the assertion reads.
“The proximity of the automobile to the work space exhibits that the monitor marshals have been nonetheless lively throughout the dangerous space, performing cleansing and security duties on the circuit.
“The pictures clearly present that driver Liam Lawson maintains the steering wheel angle of his automobile when taking Flip 1, with out altering his trajectory, though the monitor marshals have been crossing the monitor to return to their put up.
Liam Lawson, Racing Bulls Group
Photograph by: Hector Vivas / Getty Pictures
“This motion happens whereas personnel have been nonetheless working within the space, which exhibits that the driving force didn’t Interrupt his line regardless of the apparent presence of marshals on the monitor.”
Interviewed by written media after Sunday’s race, Lawson admitted to having fairly a fright and branded the incident “unacceptable”.
“I actually could not imagine what I used to be seeing,” the New Zealander stated. “I received to Flip 1 and there have been two dudes simply operating throughout the monitor. And I practically hit one in every of them. Actually, it was so harmful.
“Clearly, there’s been a miscommunication someplace, however I’ve by no means skilled that earlier than, I’ve solely seen that previously. It is fairly unacceptable.
“We clearly cannot perceive how, on a dwell monitor, marshals will be allowed to only run throughout the monitor like that. I imply, I do not know why, however I am positive we’ll get some clarification.”
Extra reporting by Filip Cleeren
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