Liam Lawson will not face a grid penalty at the Canadian Grand Prix after his collision with Pierre Gasly at the Miami Grand Prix.
On the sixth lap at the Miami International Autodrome, the pair were fighting for track position into Turn 17, when contact was made.
The crash flipped the Alpine, with the A526 ending up against the barriers on the outside of the corner. Both drivers were forced into retirement.
The stewards promptly confirmed a post-race investigation into the incident, with Lawson the one facing potential punishment as his Racing Bulls was going up the inside of the Frenchman.
However, as the stewards found in their investigation, a gearbox failure absolved Lawson of any blame.
Read the stewards' verdict in full below.
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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