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Latifi asserts he wasn’t to blame for crash behind Safety Car

by Fergal Walsh
10 months ago
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Nicholas Latifi says that driver error was not to blame for his crash behind the Safety Car at the Monaco Grand Prix.

When the race got underway after a lengthy rain delay, the cars followed the Safety Car for a handful of laps before the green flag was waved.

However, Latifi was forced to pit for a new front wing when he went straight on at the hairpin while running behind the Safety Car.

The Williams driver was left confused over the incident, stating the car picked up speed as he turned into the corner.

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“I’m still trying to find out [what happened],” Latifi said. “I know I did nothing wrong there. I just turned in, the throttle didn’t get stuck but it was like the throttle got stuck. 

“I got drive all of a sudden once I started to turn. It was very, very strange. Something went wrong there. 

“Again, I know I didn’t do anything wrong there, I was pretty much stopped at that corner anyway. 

“That was very unfortunate, the damage then, we were out of sequence before the start of the race.”

Latifi says that it wasn’t the throttle pedal itself that was an issue, but clarified that he could do nothing to avoid making contact with the barrier.

“I know it wasn’t the throttle pedal itself, I know it was something that gave drive to the engine,” he said.

“I started to get some pushing from the engine. I wasn’t worried that the pedal was going to do that again, it wasn’t the pedal. 

“It was obviously very strange and surprising at the time. I was already going so slow there, I was just a passenger at that point. 

“The car was driving forward and I’m not on the gas, so I don’t know what’s happening here. That was very weird.”

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  1. Martin Elliott says:
    10 months ago

    Sounds like an aquaplane.

    However, surely the engineers can tell from the data what happened if the driver is confused?

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