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Toro Rosso driver Pierre Gasly escapes 'really scary' debris hit

Although his Russian Grand Prix only lasted four laps before he retired with a brake issue on his Toro Rosso, Pierre Gasly said he experienced a "really scary" moment when his visor was struck by a piece of debris on the opening lap.

Gasly was following Daniel Ricciardo, who sustained front wing damage at Turn 2, and found himself in a terrifying situation.

"I think Daniel lost a piece of carbon that went straight into my visor," he said. "This was really, really scary because I thought it was going through and straight in my eye, but it hit my visor and fell in the cockpit, so in Turn 4 I had to take the carbon piece and throw it from the cockpit.