THE FIA have launched an investigation after a pedestrian narrowly avoided being hit in the pit-lane for the second time in consecutive weeks.
Max Verstappen cruised to victory in Miami on Sunday as the sport served up another dud with his team-mate Sergio Perez in second.
A star-studded grid including film stars Tom Cruise and Vin Diesel, plus tennis star Roger Federer, and a host of influencers, were all in attendance for the latest F1 race.
However, now the main talking point to emerge from it is an incident which occurred on lap five.
An individual, who is believed to have been a local marshall, walked out in front British star Lando Norris’s McLaren as he entered the pits.
A clip of the near fatal miss was uploaded to Sky Sports’ F1 website but has now been removed.
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An FIA spokesman confirmed: “We are aware of the incident and looking into it with local organisers.”
The shock incident comes just a week after Alpine driver Esteban Ocon had to brake fast to avoid running over dozens of people that were crossing the pit-lane entrance during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku.
The Frenchman, who described it as a potential “disaster”, came in for a tyre change on the final lap.
The FIA investigated that also and then updated their regulations ahead of the Miami spectacle.
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They forbade “mechanics from moving from their garages to parc ferme” and “other personnel or VIPs from entering the pit lane, until the last car has taken the chequered flag.”
They also warned that “any infringement will result in the removal of passes from the team(s) in question from subsequent events, and potential reporting of the infringing team(s) to the stewards.”
Source: Motorsport - thesun.co.uk
