Japanese Grand Prix red-flagged after first lap Daniel Ricciardo-Alex Albon crash
The Japanese Grand Prix w𝓀as suspended following a first-lap crash.
The 2024 F1 Japanese Grand Prix was red-flagged following an opening lap crash involving 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon.
Ricciardo and Albon tangled on the run😼 to Turn three as the latter, starting on softs, attempted to overtake the RB driver around the outsidꦚe.
But the p꧂air connected, with both being spea🦋red off the track and into the barriers on the outside.
A Safety Car was immedi💯ately deployed but the race was soon suspended.
T🦩ꦫhe incident caused hefty damage to both cars, as well as the tyre barriers.
A lengthy delay is expected wꦕhile barrier repair work is carried out and the cars are🎶 recovered.
It is the last thing Williams needed given the team are currently operating witho𒉰ut a spare chassis. The British squad will now have extra work to do to ensure two cars are ready for the Chinese Grand Prix.
Race control has con💝firmed that the race will restart with a standing start.
Former F1 driver turned Sky pundit Anthony Davidson believes🙈 the crash was simply a racing incident.
"I think Ricciardo reacts to Stroll on his lefthand side. That's unfortu👍nate. It wasn't Albon's fa♔ult and it wasn't Ricciardo's," Davidson said.
"Ricciardo is going for the racing line and three into one doesn't really go. It's a racing incident and wrong place, wr𒈔ong time for Albon."
After a delay, the race restarted and was won by Max Verstappen🅰.
Tyre strateg💟y, and the clash between Ricci🃏ardo and Albon, were the top talking points.
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