Gasly breaks silence on brutal Lawson collision in Miami GP

The Alpine driver saw his race in Florida come to a sudden end after a lap six incident with the Racing Bulls driver. Lawson, attempting to complete an overtake into Turn 17, clattered into Gasly and sent him airborne into the barriers.

The crash effectively ended both drivers’ races and triggered a safety car as marshals cleared the debris. Speaking to GPblog, Gasly confirmed he was fortunately unharmed but admitted deep disappointment at how his Miami weekend unravelled.

“I was luckily fine. I must say quite scared because I was in the air without any control and I think I came in the wall rear end first so I didn't even know where I was going to land so it wasn't pleasant. Honestly it was one of the situations where I took a really good start and if I had a worse start I would have actually got out of lap one in a better position so it was quite unfortunate, quite unlucky timing. Right now, I'm just more disappointed than anything else for the team because it's a big missed opportunity,” he said.

Pressed further on whether he had spoken to Lawson, Gasly doubled down on his belief that the collision could have been avoided, describing the Racing Bulls driver’s move as overly optimistic.

“I mean, clearly, it could have been avoided. I thought you were cleanly through when you turned in. I mean, I knew it was there. I knew we were side by side. I knew at that time, unfortunately, we'd probably have to just accept to lose the position. But I knew he'd still try, so that's why I left the space for a car and a half on the inside, just for him at least to have the choice to stay there if he really wanted. I haven't seen exactly the footage, but clearly he was too optimistic coming in,” he concluded.

The incident involving Gasly and Lawson was subsequently reviewed by race control and passed to the stewards. The stewards, however, are yet to pass a judgement on the incident; however, both drivers have been summoned.

While Gasly and Lawson are set to hear the verdict of the stewards over their collision, it is Charles Leclerc who leads the long list of investigations being reviewed by the race stewards. The Scuderia Ferrari driver has as many as three incidents under investigation with the stewards.

Leclerc was involved in an incident with George Russell, with the Monegasque also driving in an unsafe condition and cutting track limits multiple times through the final lap of the race.

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