F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix red-flagged as Alex Albon and Kevin Magnussen crash out
Max Verstappen led the fr🦋ont of the field away cleanly, as the race started, but there was a big mix-up further back.
At Turn 1, Will꧋iams' Albon and Haas' Mag𝔍nussen made contact.
Ferrari's Charles Lecl🥂erc had already cr𒐪ashed on the formation lap.
Daniel Ricciardo and Oscar Piastri's cars were also damaged, in the incident involv𒆙ing Albon and Magnussen.
The red flag came out, giving a chancꦺe to clear the track of considerable debris.
Albon's car had to be c🙈ollected by a crane, such was ඣthe damage to it.
Sky's Martin Brundle assessed the dramatic start: "Nobody did anything wrong. It’s just the nature of a 200-metre sprint to a braking⛄ point."
The restart order will be: Verstappen, Norris, Hamilton, Alonso, Stroll, Russell𝄹, Perez, Sainz, Ocon, Tsunoda, Gasly, Bottas, Zhou, Sargeant, Hulkenberg, Piastri and Ricciardo.
Verstappen would eventually claim victory in Br🍬azil.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from ဣAmerican sports, to football, to F1.
