The ring of a sewer was embedded in the Ferrari, which caused it to explode and the Spanish Carlos Sainz to abandon the car, in an unusual situation.
The Spanish Carlos Sainz suffered an unusual accident with his Ferrari when passing over a poorly sealed manhole cover in the Las Vegaswhere his teammate, the Monegasque Charles Leclercachieved the best time of the second round of rehearsals with a view to the Formula 1 Grand Prix next Sunday.
Sainz took part in an unusual event when eight minutes had passed in the first free round on the streets of the city of Snowfall and the concrete ring surrounding a grate severely damaged his car to the point of not allowing him to continue. The driver was unharmed but his car had to be towed to the pits.
Immediately, the session was suspended and the race staff had to fix the irregularity in the route and check the rest of the covers along the 6.2 kilometers of its route. The car of Sainzwith damage to the chassis and power unitrequired several repairs, including changing the battery, which exceeded the limit of what is allowed per season and cost him a penalty of ten places on the starting grid.
Ferrari requested an exception because it was an arrangement motivated by reasons beyond the control of the team, but the commissioners of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) They denied it.
In the resolution, the authorities determined that, “even though the damage was caused by very unusual external circumstances, Article 2.1 of Formula 1 obliges all officials to apply the regulations as written”, so, “consequently, the sanction must be applied mandatory specified in article 28.3 of the Sports Regulations”.
The accident caused the free seconds of the Las Vegas Grand Prix They will be delayed until early Friday morning. Leclerc He set the best time of the training with a lap of 1m.35s.265/1000, half a second faster than Sainz.
Third position went to Aston Martin of the Fernando Alonsowith 1m.35s.793/1000, while the Mexican Sergio “Checo” Pérez (Red Bull) finished in fourth position, eight tenths off the top and two places ahead of the Dutch champion Max Verstappen (Red Bull), sixth.
This Saturday at dawn the third and last training sessions will take place before the classification scheduled for 5:00 in Argentina.
He Las Vegas Grand Prix It will be run this Sunday at 3:00 for 50 laps.
Source: Ambito
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