The Formula One driver Pierre Gasly has said he was just metres away from being killed at the Japanese Grand Prix after he came close to hitting a crane on the track at Suzuka. His anger at the incident was echoed across the grid as almost every driver condemned the decision to use the vehicle on track.
The driver Jules Bianchi died as a result of the injuries he suffered at the Japanese GP in 2014 when his car hit a recovery vehicle. While the rules around the use of such vehicles has been changed since, once more cars were driving in heavy rain and limited visibility at Suzuka when a crane was deployed on track and it prompted a furious reaction.
