Francesco Cigorini endured a broken leg when he was keep running over by Kimi Raikkonen amid a pit stop in the Bahrain Grand Prix. Ferrari’s pit framework demonstrated a green light to Raikkonen, showing he could leave the pits, regardless of mechanics not having changed his left back wheel.
Ferrari have declined to state what turned out badly to make their pit framework trigger the green light until administering body the FIA has finished its examination concerning the occurrence.
The group will need to comprehend what caused the typical safeguards that all groups have incorporated with their strategies to be abrogated in the conditions of the stop.
Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel won the race to take a 17-point title lead over Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton however said the occurrence had left “blended sentiments”.
Cigorini endured a crack of the tibia and fibula in his left leg and was taken to healing facility.
Ferrari have been fined 50,000 euros by race authorities for a hazardous discharge.
The occurrence constrained Raikkonen’s retirement from third place since it is taboo to come back to the track with feels sick of various mixes on the car.
“If one guy is getting injured, it is bad for us,” he said, after briefly delaying his mandatory television interviews to ask the team about Cigorini’s condition, for which he had to ask for permission from a representative of F1 management.
In a statement released by Ferrari later on Sunday, Raikkonen is quoted as saying: “What happened to our guy Francesco today at the pit-stop is very unfortunate. I feel sorry for him and hope he’s going to be OK soon.
“It’s always a bad thing when someone gets injured but I am sure he has the best people taking good care of him and I wish him a speedy recovery. As for the accident itself, all I know is that I moved when I saw the green light go on.
“I couldn’t have possibly realised that there was an issue with the rear left wheel, then I saw someone had got hurt and, immediately, I was told to stop by the team. Unfortunately something must have gone wrong and we’ll need to find out what.
“The car had good speed today but I had some wheelspin at the start. Anyway, there’s not much I can do now but wait for the next race, where we’ll try to do our best.”
