During Formula One Testing, Russell crashes
As the last F1 track action of 2023 got began in Abu Dhabi, two red flags were raised by a water leak and a crash involving George Russell.
After a delay caused by the medical helicopter not showing up for the scheduled 09:00 start time, there were two red flags.
Russell was the first driver on the track when running did start, followed by Sergio Perez of Red Bull.
Thirty-five minutes later, a water leak between Turns 13 and 14—the short section beneath the hotel—brought out the red flag.
With a pace of 1:26.265 seconds, Felipe Drugovich was the fastest at the moment. The Aston Martin driver had completed 13 circuits to lead Perez by 0.005 seconds.
The leak originated from the left side of the circuit and was quite large. A 24-minute delay occurred as officials cleared it using a truck and blowers.
With a best time of 1:25.724 seconds, Perez overtook Piastri by 0.2 seconds on the timesheets after resuming.
Although he had been on the circuit multiple times, Lance Stroll was at the other end of the timesheets with no lap time to his name.
For any given weekend, three are chosen.
Additionally, the tire compounds won’t change, at least not until the beginning of 2024.
With an hour left in the morning session, Russell discovered the wall at Turn 6, raising a second red flag.
Mercedes claims that a problem with the vehicle caused the collision, which severely damaged the front-right corner.
In Yas Marina, the collision occurred on Russell’s 59th lap—just over the entire race distance—and resulted in a 28-minute delay.
Following four hours of competition, Sainz recorded the quickest time for Ferrari with 69 laps at 1:24.799.
With 74 tours completed, Pato O’Ward has been the busiest, while Ayumu Iwasa has only completed 46 laps for Scuderia AlphaTauri.
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