Pierre Gasly’s end-of-session problem during the second practice session of the Portuguese F1 GP was triggered by a « blackout » on his AlphaTauri car
Pierre Gasly’s end-of-session problem during the second practice session of the Formula 1 Portuguese Grand Prix was triggered by a « blackout » on his AlphaTauri car
An action-packed afternoon session was interrupted by a red flag when Gasly’s alphaTauri caught fire as it rounded the turn 13 hairpin, with the car coming to a complete stop then that the French lost all power
Honda has launched a full investigation of its PU and chassis to diagnose the precise cause of the shutdown that led Gasly to remain seated for the rest of the day
“Regarding the Gasly incident at FP2, we know it was triggered due to a power outage on the car,” said Toyoharu Tanabe, Honda F1 engine chief.
« We are currently conducting a full investigation of the PU and the chassis to try to identify the specific cause »
Gasly is already at the element limit for his power unit allocation this season, meaning that an automatic grid penalty would be triggered if any of the components were to be changed
When asked when he suggested something was wrong, Gasly replied: « Literally five seconds before I stop
« I lost everything – the steering, all the electricity – and we’re still trying to figure out what happened, but obviously there was a lot of fire in the back of the car and things were burning, so we need to analyze and understand what happened
« It is certainly not ideal, especially since we were not able to drive with the optional tire, » he added
« We only had the basics this morning so on a track like this it’s never great But that’s what we have unfortunately so we’re going to try to get as many data as possible from Dany’s side
« From a base point of view it looked pretty decent all day long, but I still don’t feel very comfortable with the car and we can improve it for tomorrow FP3 will be important , because we have to recover these towers «
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