F1's strangest pre-season test? Bus on track halts running
A pair of unusuꦓal reasons led to﷽ the final day of F1 pre-season testing to be stopped.
The third and final day of F1 pre-season testing in Bah🌟ra🌃in was briefly red-flagged twice for a pair of bizarre reasons.
With around 40 minutes remaining in the morning sessio꧋n on the final day of running, re♈d flags were flown despite nobody appearing to have any issues or stopping on track.
TV footage qu▨ickly revealed that the reason for the suspension was for debris on the start-finish straight.
Shattered glass on track
The curious stoppage appeared to be the result of a panel of glass becoming detached from the starting gantry which overhangs𒀰 the start-finish straight and shattering debris onto the track surface.
🔴 RED FLAG 🔴
— Formula 1 (@F1)
Debris on the start/finish straight - looks like a paꦰne ꦓof glass from the starter's booth has fallen onto the track
Following a brief interruption to allow marshals to clean up the debris, the morning session was able to re🐼sꦕume.
There was some confusion when Mercedes driver168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Kimi Antonelli and Aston Martin’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso ente🀅red the track despite the red flag still being shown.
It seꦉems a green light at the end of the pit lane had briefly been shown at 10.21am UK time, enabling Antonelli and Alonso to head out, only for tꦓhe red flag to flash once more.
After returning to the pits followingꦑ a single lap, the session did get back underway for proper following the short suspension.
Bus on track after lunch
Running had only just res𒈔umed after lunch when it was quickly halted once more, this ꦓtime for a truly shocking and unsafe reason.
A shuttle-bus was picked up by TV replays driving on the run-off area down at Turn 10 while the track was l🙈ive and drivers were circulating.
🚩 Um, there’s a bus on the track.
— The Race (@wearetherace)
Power cut stops play on Day 1
None of the three red-flag stoppage⭕s so far have been caused by problems for drivers on track.
A 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:circuit-wide power outage was to blame for the afternoon session of the opening day of runnin🀅g to be suspended for over an hour.
Lights went out in the pit lane and paddock causing team 💯garages to descend into darkness, while the floodlightജs around the Sakhir circuit also failed.
To compensate for the lost track time, F1 🍨and the FIA decided to extend the session by an additional hour in the evening.
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