Pierre Gasly was visibly shaken and emotional as he claimed he came within two metres of death in a scary moment at the Japanese Grand Prix.
It happened as the race was red flagged after just one lap, after Carlos Sainz aquaplaned and skidded off the road and into a barrier in very wet conditions. On his way back to the pits, Gasly was catching up to the rest of the pack behind the safety car when he came across the tractor at the side of the road.
Fortunately there was no collision, but he was lucky that was the case given visibility was extremely poor. It was a sobering reminder of the crash Jules Bianchi suffered in 2014, causing injuries from which he died nine months later.
