Power cut causes first day of F1 pre-season testing to be halted
🤡F1 pre-season testing 🧔was interrupted by a red flag for a bizarre reason.
The first day of F1 pre-season testing was red-flagged due to a power cut in Bahrﷺai🏅n.
Shortly a🦄fter two hours of running had been completed in the afternoon session, the first red flag came out.
It was iඣnitially unclear as to what had caused the red flag, with no drama on track.&nbไsp;
It quickly emerged that several garages had lost power and were left iജn🐟 darkness. The circuit's floodlights have also gone out.
F1's governing body the FIA has confirmed the red flag is linked to a circuit-wide p⛄ower o꧅utage.
Speaking to F1TV, Mercedes driver 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell said he was left confused on track.
"I came out of the pits and was like it's suddenly quite dark out here, so I asked to change my visor," Russell 🌠explained.
"I realised there was no floodlights on. It would have been quite hecti💮c if this had been an hour later."
After over an hour of delays, power was restored, allowing for running to continue for the last 5꧂0 minutes of the day.
A statement from the Bahrain International Circuit read: "At approximately 5pm today, a power outage c☂aused by an external substation failure led to the afternoon session on track to be paused.
"Power has since been rꩲestored and the afternoon session has resumed. We appreciate everyone’s patien𒊎ce."
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