Carlos Sainz demands FIA to act after Oliver Bearman's huge Suzuka crash

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bearman-oliver/tMI3u5xo/"]Bearman[/a]'s Haas hit the barriers with a force of 50G ‌at Spoon corner after approaching [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/colapinto-franco/GzFqySBA/"]Franco Colapinto[/a]'s Alpine with a ‌significant speed differential between the cars, the US-owned team said.[/p][p]As the ‌Haas swerved left to avoid contact, the car went onto ‌the grass and through a marker board as the 20-year-old lost control at 308kph with the safety car then deployed in a key moment ‌of the race.[/p][p]Haas said Bearman, who was seen ⁠limping after getting out ‌of the car, escaped without broken bones but had a right knee ​contusion from the impact.[/p][p][b]"He had huge closing speed against the car in front, so had to take avoiding action ​and went on the grass and crashed. Scary,"[/b] team boss Ayao Komatsu told Sky Sports TV during the race.[/p][p]Such speed ⁠differences on track have ​been highlighted as a consequence of the sport's new engine era and regulations and drivers' need to manage an increased electrical element.[/p][p]Spaniard [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sainz-carlos-jr/l6kEzjTF/"]Sainz[/a], a director of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association, said drivers ‌had feared just such an accident and called on the International Automobile Federation (FIA) to act.[/p][p][b]"We've been warning them about this happening, this kind of closing speeds and this kind of accidents were always going to happen," [/b]he said. [b]"I'm not very happy with what we've had up until now.[/b][/p][embed guid="9fd61000-e07b-41bd-8528-c0336526243d" url="https://x.com/HaasF1Team/status/2038145201210798363" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"Hopefully we come up with a better solution that doesn't create these massive closing speeds and (produces) a safer way of going racing.[/b][/p][p][b]"Here we were lucky there ‌was an escape road. Now imagine going to Baku or ​going to Singapore or going to Vegas (street circuits) and having ‌this kind of closing speeds and crashes next to the walls."[/b][/p][p]Mercedes boss Toto Wolff agreed the sport had to look into it.[/p][p][b]"The regulations are at a very immature way and actually the FIA and us teams we're going to ⁠analyse the accident very carefully ⁠to see how we ‌can avoid these things,"[/b] said the Austrian.[/p]