Liam Lawson cleared following FIA investigation into scary Pierre Gasly Miami crash

Liam Lawson faced a post-Miami Grand Prix meeting with the stewards for potentially causing a collision with Pierre Gasly.

The contact resulted in Gasly’s Alpine flipping over, before coming to a stop partially suspended on the tyre barrier. The stewards investigated the incident following the race, but took no further action against either driver.

Liam Lawson escapes punishment after FIA investigation in Miami

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An early Safety Car in Miami was triggered by two incidents.

Firstly, Isack Hadjar had hit the wall at Turn 15/16.

The rear right of Gasly’s Alpine was suspended on top of the tyre barrier at Turn 17, meanwhile.

Lawson was on the inside of Gasly, the pair colliding, as Gasly was flipped over.

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Gasly, thankfully, confirmed quickly on team radio that he was okay.

A post-race investigation of the incident was confirmed by the stewards, with Lawson also retiring from the race.

The verdict was no further action, as a gearbox failure for Lawson was confirmed as the trigger for the collision.

The stewards’ statement reads: “The stewards heard from the driver of Car 30 (Liam Lawson), the driver of Car 10 (Pierre Gasly), team representatives and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, telemetry, team radio and in-car video evidence.

“Car 10 (Pierre Gasly), was attempting an outside pass of Car 30 (Liam Lawson) at the entry to Turn 17. Car 10 was clearly ahead prior to the apex and had established its rights under the Driving Standards Guidelines.

“A significant collision occurred and Car 10 was pushed into the barriers, with the car flipping and ending up wedged in the TechPro.

“The driver of Car 30 explained that just before the collision, he had a technical issue as his gearbox failed under braking.

“The stewards reviewed the in-car data and telemetry and confirmed that there was clearly a gearbox failure just before the incident in question.

“The radio communications were also consistent with the fact that there was a gearbox failure.

“We therefore accept the driver’s explanation that this was a failure of a mechanical part in the car and that there was nothing that he could do to avoid the collision.

“We also considered whether the driver of Car 30 had the ability to anticipate the failure of the gearbox and decided that it would not have been possible for him to do so.

“Under the circumstances, the stewards determine that a mechanical failure, not driver error, was the cause of the collision and therefore the driver of Car 30, was not at fault for the collision.

“We therefore took no further action.”

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