The controversy over what happened to Quartararo on Sunday continues. Fabio declared that he had fastened his suit correctly. Alpinestars replied today that after the first tests carried out, there was no problem with the zipper, let alone with the airbag.
Diego Gubellini, the crew chief of the French driver, also spoke on this subject (actually on the “subjects” – plural – because he also spoke about the penalty Fabio received for cutting off the chicane).
He wrote:
“To clarify:
At the beginning, Fabio closed his color properly (as confirmed by the onboards).
When braking in Turn 1, the suit suddenly opened 4 laps before the end.
Fabio retired at 1 with 3 laps to go and lost 0.7 seconds.
When trying to close his suit, his frontal protection flew away due to the speed.
Fabio finished the race in third.
Fabio was punished with 6 seconds.
We have accepted the penalties and are already thinking about the upcoming races. “