The qualifying session for the Australian Grand Prix has brought together several chaotic moments, but the origin of it all was the absurd accident between Nicholas Latifi and Lance Stroll in Q1. Thus originated the ridiculous event.
Canadian fans Formula 1 They are not happy today, as their two drivers in the category have had a very ridiculous moment when they crashed into each other in a clearly avoidable situation.
It rains on wet for both also, well Nicholas Latifi has had accidents with his Williams at every Grand Prix this year and Lance Stroll It has also added to Aston Martin’s countless problems this weekend in Australia.
The radio conversation
But let’s recap what happened, for which it is essential to pay attention to the radio conversations between the pilots and their engineers.
As he passed through turns 3 and 4, Nicholas Latifi’s race engineer Gaetan Jego told him: “Watch out for Stroll in a second”. “He’s lifted,” Latifi reported as he slowed at the exit of Turn 4 and the Aston Martin passed. “Okay, you can speed up if you want,” Jego replied.
But when Latifi tried to pass Stroll on the right, the Aston Martin driver moved towards him, causing the collision. “I don’t understand what I was doing, I didn’t look in the mirrors”Latifi exclaimed. “I’m fine, the damn car is destroyed,” she added.
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Lance Stroll was on his second lap of the session having started qualifying late following his crash in the third free practice session.
Before starting his first fast lap of the session, he was warned by his race engineer, Ben Michell, that he had time to get up and start another lap if necessary. “You have time to abort-push, you can abort-push, but we do well to push on the first lap”Michelle said.
As the lap began, Michell realized that Stroll was about to catch up with Latifi and the others, so it would be best to wait for the next lap. “Okay, Lance, we’ve got a lot of traffic, if you want to abort and push again, we can,” he said. “Too much traffic, cancel, cool down and let’s go again”.
When Stroll passed Latifi, he was told that the other drivers around him weren’t putting up fast laps either. “You’re on the same page with everyone,” Michell said. “So get ahead of Latifi, you’ve got Russell ahead of you noweight seconds, you’re in a good gap, hold this position.”
However, while Michell was explaining this, Stroll and Latifi made contact. “Amazing, I don’t understand what I was doing”Stroll said after impact.
Latifi, very angry
Nicholas Latifi later confirmed that he was trying to regain his position on Stroll’s tail when they collided. “I let it go because I was pressing to open the lap, that’s what they told me”, said. “Then I saw that he aborted the lap, so I wanted to continue with my own preparation lap. I went back to him. And once I passed him, for whatever reason, he decided to turn around. It is clear to me in the video, there is not much more to say.
For his part, Stroll said he had been surprised by Latifi’s sudden move to pass him on his right as he approached Turn 6. “It was suddenly, very suddenly”Stroll said. “I think the timing was terrible, as he was accelerating, the track was going to the right for me and that’s where we made contact.
Both will start in the last two grid positions, as Latifi was the slowest of the session and Stroll couldn’t even set a time.