Liam Lawson said a gearbox failure put his car in neutral before his collision with Pierre Gasly at the Miami Grand Prix, where Gasly’s Alpine was flipped upside down and both drivers retired.
Liam Lawson said a gearbox failure caused the collision that sent Pierre Gasly’s Alpine upside down during the Miami Grand Prix, ending both drivers’ races.
Formula 1’s official coverage said Lawson explained that he had lost the gearbox before the crash. The incident came during the Miami race weekend that also ended with Kimi Antonelli winning the Grand Prix.
What Lawson said
According to Formula 1’s reporting, Lawson said his car was effectively left in neutral before he hit Gasly. Motorsport.com also reported the same explanation, describing a gearbox issue as the cause Lawson gave after the race.
The collision left Gasly’s Alpine flipped over after contact with Lawson. Both drivers retired from the race.
Race context
The Miami Grand Prix had already been won by Antonelli before the aftermath of the Lawson-Gasly crash was fully explained in public coverage. Formula 1’s official site published both race-report coverage and follow-up reaction on the incident the same day.
The latest reporting does not indicate any new steward finding specifically tied to the crash, but the episode remains one of the most notable incidents from the race.
What it means next
The immediate question is whether the teams or stewards add any further technical or regulatory detail about the gearbox issue. For now, the public record is Lawson’s explanation and the confirmed result that both he and Gasly were out of the race after the collision.
Revision note
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