Latifi can laugh at mistake: 'I was changing something on my steering wheel

Nicholas Latifi is on his farewell tour in Formula 1. The Williams driver has yet to capture any points this season, but is still making headlines in other ways. For example, on Friday, when he took a wrong turn in free practice.

The Canadian thought he had arrived at the chicane on the Suzuka circuit, but had in reality arrived at an exit lane. By necessity, Latifi had to turn his car around to get back on track. The turning didn't go entirely smoothly either.

A moment distracted

To The Race Latifi says he secretly found the incident quite funny. “It was totally my fault, but I was getting some calls from my engineer – we were supposed to do another lap but then we did a last-minute thing to box, so I was changing something on my steering wheel, looking down, and when I looked up I saw the turn – which was obviously not the right turn!"

It was then reported via television footage that Latifi did not know what happened, that there was something with the car, but he was okay. A strange message, which in retrospect did not belong to the moment of taking the wrong turn. In the conversation over the radio, Latifi was referring to the failed attempt to turn around.