AlphaTauri F1 driver Nyck de Vries thanks helpers - including McLaren team member - after flood struggles

Deadly flooding in the northeast of Italy resulted in this weekend’s race at Imola being168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: called off on Wednesday.
The Emilia Romagna region has been impacted by heavy rainfall, leading to 14 rivers bursting their banks. At least nin🍷e people have died and as many as 10,𒐪000 people have been evacuated.
De Vries revealed the difficulties he experienced as he tried to get to his team’s factory in Faenza, which is one of the areas 💝badly affected by floodin𒊎g.
The Dutchman, who faces an u🐼ncertain F1 future, thanked people who helped him on his journey, iಞncluding a member of the McLaren team who offered him his hotel room.
“Tuesda🔜y evening 11.30pm. It’s raining intense, Faenza is already flooded, and I am unable to get to my hotel,” de Vries wrote on Instagram.
“Ret✨urning to the high♔way is no option either. Stuck in a little village with one fully booked hotel.
“Fortunately McLaren got stranded there earlier and their front jack Frazer 𝄹was kind enough to give me his room🔯.
“The following morning the hotel lobby turned into an emergency shelter for people who were forced to escape thꦡeir homes during the 🌼night.
“Post F1 announcement, I only saw oneജ potential option to get🐭 home, which was driving via Firenze.
“After an adven🅘turous drive✤ through the mountains, thanks to the help from local people and authorities in different villages, I finally got home safely.
“Thank you to every single person who has been kind enough to ൲help me. It was truly h♑eart-warming to see so many look out for each other.
“My thoughts are with those who continue to be a🥀ffected by this tragedy. I’ll be back soon in Faenza to meet my team and the people from the region.”

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