Azerbaijan GP FP1 abandoned after George Russell hits drain cover
The opening practice session for the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix has been cancelled after Williams driver George Russell hit a lꦺoose manhole cov꧃er.
Just ⛄15 minutes into the session, Russell drove over a loose drain cover and sustained heavy damage to his Williams FW42, an accident which brought out instant red flags. Russell was unhurt in the incident.
The FIA and marshals began to carry out an inspection of drain covers around the circuit, with over 300🐽 manhole covers at the Baku City Circuit.
The opening practice session for the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix has been cancelled after Williams driver Geo⛎rge Russell hit a loose manhole cover.
Just 15 minutes into the session, Russell drove over a loose drain cover and sustained heavy damage to his Williams FW42, an accident which brought out instant red flags. Russell was unhurt in the in✅cident.
The FIA and marshals began to carry out an inspection of🐻 drain covers around the circuit, witཧh over 300 manhole covers at the Baku City Circuit.
Adding to the drama, the recovery crane carrying Russell’s car then collided with an overhead track bridge on its way back to the pitlane. It was announced shortly afterwards that the session would not be res🐻tarted.
Only Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel had set times prior to the cancellation of the session. Leclerc, who posted the fastest time of FP1, appeared to dislodge the drain co🌃ver after initially running over it momen♕ts before Russell.
It is the first time an F1 𒉰practice session has been abandoned since second practice for the 2017 Chinese Grand Prix was cancelled due to poor weather.
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