‘F1 had a lucky escape’ with Azerbaijan GP pit lane ‘shambles’, says Ted Kravitz

F1 had a “lucky escape” with a scary last-lap incident during Sunday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix, according to Sky Sports’ Ted Kravitz. 
Esteban Ocon (FRA), Alpine F1 Team Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Baku Street Circuit,
Esteban Ocon (FRA), Alpine F1 Team Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Azerbaijan Grand Prix…

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The F🎶renchman had completed the entire race on the har💃d tyre and was coming in to change his tyres when photographers and TV crews were let in to the pitlane. 

Ocon dived in to💫 the pit lane and several people had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit. 

Sky p🔥itlane reporter Kravitz described the incident as a "shambles" 

“The aftermath of the podium scene, it c♕ould have﷽ been a very different scene, indeed, Kravitz observed. 

“𒅌We normally get to the end of theဣ race, the point where everybody knows that everybody has made their pitstops.

"There will probably not be more pitstops𒊎. But that doesn’t mean that there won’t be.

“The parc ferme barriers come out.

“The people, the FIA pho💫tographers, are released by the FIA and the local marsha🧸lls either through an access gate so people can get into position.

“There is also a photographers’ tower. They req𓃲uest time to get into there, to get celebration shots of thꦉe podium.

“That’s what normally happens.

“What was unusual about today is that absolutely everybody who was paying attention to the race knew that there was going to be guaranteed on𝔍e last pitstop for Ocon.

“We all knew there was going to be.”

Kravitz revealed he 🅠had reminded security guards that there wereဣ still two pitstops to be made before the chequered flag. 

“There is another gap - for the team guests,” Kravitz continued. “The team gu༺ests garage is between ಌAlpine and McLaren’s.

“We were all aware - not least because I reminded th𝐆e security guards t🅠hat there were two pitstops still to be made, Hulkenberg and Russell, then Ocon.

“It wasn’t team guests [amid the chaos]. It was official FIA photogr꧃a𝔍phers.

“That’s 🦋why the person in charge of this parc ferme arrangement has been summoned to see the St🌳ewards.

"It is effectively the FIA investigating themselve𓃲s. The officials made a mistake.

“The ൩lesson does need to be learned when they can let people in, for pure safety’s sake.

“F1 had a lucky escape today.”

The ♈incident is currently being investigated, with the Baku stew💝ards summoning “FIA representatives”. 

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