Pierre Gasly revealed that the Formula 1 drivers will discuss with the FIA the ending of the British GP behind the safety car. The conversation is scheduled to take place this Thursday (16), before the start of the activities of the Belgian GP this weekend.
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The Alpine driver showed all his frustration still inside the car at Silverstone, ironically applauding upon receiving the checkered flag. The Frenchman finished the race in tenth position and was one of several competitors who criticized the race outcome, ended under the safety car after Max Verstappen’s accident in the final laps.
After the race, the governing body explained that the message “Safety Car In This Lap” was displayed by mistake due to a software error, creating the expectation of a restart before being corrected. However, the regulations state that, after the procedure of letting lapped cars unlap themselves, a full lap behind the safety car is mandatory. Since this procedure occurred on the last lap of the race, there was no possibility to restart the race before the checkered flag.
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“I am a driver and, obviously, I think it is never good for anyone, on or off the track, to finish a race behind the Safety Car. I was a bit frustrated with the situation. At that moment I didn’t have all the information, but later I understood why everything happened that way,” said Gasly.
“I think we all agree that, in the future, ideally we should not have a situation where a race ends like that behind the safety car. I don’t think that is good for us nor for you in the press,” he concluded.
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