The person that gave the clear track message needs to be looked at, also the guy waving the green flag should have exercised some common sense but he would've been told to use the green one by race control.
It's incredible how much Red Bull had to compensate with their aerodynamics to make a fast car. Not only was the Renault engine worse than the Ferrari engine, it was reliable as shit. Not much different from the engine Renault has had for the past 2 years tbf
its crazy how fate aligned to orchestrate such a terrifying incident....just imagine if that recovery vehicle stayed 10 secs more to where they were fastening sutil's car to lift. only if that thing took 10- sec more Jules would have missed the tractor by a foot or two and instead would have been in the tyre barrier much much more survivable than what actually ensued.....if only !!!!!! RIP Jules
i watched Formula 1 since i was 4 years old. because i'm so obsessed with it, my parents sent me to go kart class. i was a champion in my country for few times and even went to US once for the race. This death actually makes me don't want to pursue my dream anymore. and i was still playing go kart professionally and even became a coach for student go karting class for years. and then Hubert's death hit me. I'm abruptly stopped doing this anymore. i didn't even play it anymore. it's just a go-kart you may say but watching your idols passed away doing their passions makes me want to just stay safe. RIP to all
That and the fatal karting championship crash that happened in 2023 (I’m sorry but I forgot the name of the driver) I think it was in Indonesia. Very sad that’s what’s stopping me from perusing my dream
So many events coming together with a terrible result as outcome… rain, red flag, Sutil crash, if the recovery vehical was only 1 or 2 meters further back nothing would have happened to Jules. If he crashed only a few seconds earlier he would be still with us. So much bad luck I can’t believe it 😢
It's how flags work in F1. The Marshal waved the green flag for the next sector so the sector that had the recovery vehicle was still double yellow flagged, but the green flag applied to the next sector instead.
The reason why the marshall was waving the green flag was that a green flag signals that the next part of the track (until the next flag post) is clear. Same procedure as now, but it's harder to notice because they always remove a stricken car under SC or VSC now.
Gasly has better chance to crash an tractor on half of the road, in wet condition and bad visibility..... than this stupid incident happens off the track...... I think what happens this year is really bad from FIA ! They just FUCKED UP more than this incident !
This angle doesn’t make it too obvious, but the green flag was beyond the incident scene, so was within the rules of the time and was correctly displayed.
Holy shit... I'm sorry, I have to dislike this video, I appreciate that this was something that actually happened and should absolutely be used as reference for why FIA need to actually heed the warning, but realistically this was the moment poor Jules died and for that it's a thumbs down.
Why does Suzuka have a long history of bringing tractors trackside of the barrier during races. They have been doing it for decades and do seem to have learnt at all from many near misses, serious accidents and a fatality.
