"I had to brake, I had to avoid and it was pretty scary. "It could have been a big, big issue for everyone there - I'm arriving at more than 300kph, leaving my braking as late as I can and they were just after the line as well so if I miss my braking point… I don't know why everyone was starting to prep the podium, we were still racing and there was all the time in the world to be doing so. Speaking to Sky Sports F1 about the incident post-race, Ocon said: "It was definitely scary. Twitter Due to your consent preferences, you’re not able to view this Privacy Options "We could see it coming, Alpine could see it coming, what is going on down there?"ĭavid Croft added in commentary: "That is a total and utter shambles of organisation and somebody should have known." "What is this about? This is a shambles, this is an absolute shambles.
"The FIA representatives expressed their regret at what happened and assured us that they would do so in time for the next event."Īs the incident was happening, Sky Sports F1 pit-lane reporter Ted Kravitz said: "There are people all over the pit lane. "We walked through the relevant procedures and protocol with the FIA representatives in detail and required them to take immediate steps to reconsider these procedures and protocols with the relevant stakeholders (including FOM, the teams and the FIA) to ensure that this situation does not occur again. "We stressed that the requirements of ensuring a safe and orderly event are paramount. We considered that it was fortunate that there were no serious consequences on account of what happened today. "However, in this case, there was one driver that had to pit in the last lap and this created a very dangerous situation for those that were in the pit lane at the time.
"We noted that it was not unusual for the representatives to allow such persons into the pit lane just before the end of the race, in the usual course of preparation for parc ferme and the podium ceremony," a statement from the stewards read. Experience live F1 races onboard with any driver in 2023įollowing a post-race investigation, race stewards admitted it was fortunate nobody had been injured in the incident and required FIA representatives immediately change their protocols to avoid a repeat in future.Sergio Perez outpaces Max Verstappen for statement Azerbaijan GP victory.Onboard pictures from Ocon's car show just how close the Frenchman was to photographers, with several having to leap out of the way.
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