‘F1 had a lucky escape’ with Azerbaijan GP pit lane ‘shambles’, says Ted Kravitz
Alpine’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon narrowly avoided hitting photographers and personnel in♈ the pitlane when he came in to complete his mandato𝓀ry pit stop on the final lap.
The Frenchman had completed the entire race on the hard tyre and was coming in to change h🌳is tyres when photographers and TV crews were let in 🏅to the pitlane.
Ocon dived in to the pit lane an💛d sever♐al people had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit.
S♏ky pitlane reporter Kravitz descr𒁃ibed the incident as a "shambles"
“The aftermath of the podium scene, i🌳t co🀅uld have been a very different scene, indeed, Kravitz observed.
“We normally get to the end of the 🍷race, the point where everybody knows that everybody has made their pitstops.
"Th💎ere wi⭕ll probably not be more pitstops. But that doesn’t mean that there won’t be.
“The parc ferme barriers come out.
“The people, the FIA photograph♚ers, are released by the FIA and the local mar♌shalls either through an access gate so people can get into position.
“There is also a photog꧑raphers’ tower. They request time to get into there, to get celebration shots of the podium.
“That’s what normally happens.
“Wha❀t ཧwas unusual about today is that absolutely everybody who was paying attention to the race knew that there was going to be guaranteed one last pitstop for Ocon.
“We all knew there was going to be.”
Kravitz rev💎ealed he had reminded security guards that there were still𒉰 two pitstops to be made before the chequered flag.
“There is another gap - f💯or the team guests,” K🍬ravitz continued. “The team guests garage is between Alpine and McLaren’s.
“We were𒅌 all aware - not least because I reminded the security guards that there were two pitstops still to be made, Hulkenberg and Russell, then Ocon.
“It wasn’t team guests [amid t🍸he chaos]. It was official FIA photographers.
“That’s why the person in charge of this parc ferme arrangement has been summ൲oned to see the Stewards.
"It is effectively the FIA investigating themselves. The officials made a 😼mistake.
“The lesson does need to be learned when they 🌺can let people in, for pure safety’s sake.
“F1 had a lucky escape today.”
The incident is ꧂currently being in♎vestigated, with the Baku stewards summoning “FIA representatives”.
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