‘Scary’ weather causes grandstand roof collapse after huge storm batters Interlagos during F1 qualifying
Dark clouds hovered ominously above the Interlagos circuit as Q3 got underway but the track stayed dry for every driver’s first lap in the final part of qualifying.🌠
However, qualifying ended up being red-flagged and brought to an early end when sudden heavy rainꦅ and strong winds batterꦇed the circuit.
Photos and uploaded to social media revealed the destruction caused to some infrastructure, including the collapse💮 of a grandstand roof at the final corner, while the canvas tent was ripped off the Turn 4 gran💝dstand.
F1 photographer Andy Hone: “What a scary 1൩0 minutes on track!
“A grandstand roof collapsed at the last corner and nearly got decapitated 🌱by falling debris!”&n𒁏bsp;
Gusts of 104km🦩/h (64.6mph) were recorded at a nearby air꧋port, according to .
At the time of reporting, mahbx.com understands the🧜re have been no serious injuries.
A handful of minor cases of injures are understo𝓡od to have been c🅠aused by incidents such as tripping.
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