F1 testing halted for second day working by drain cowl as followers slam ‘shambles’
Formula 1 has been branded a “shambles” after pre-season testing was halted for the second day working by a damaged drain cowl.
After Thursday morning’s session in Bahrain was cancelled, the dislodged piece of observe on the identical space of the circuit led to a different prolonged delay immediately (Friday). The concluding day of working earlier than subsequent week’s curtain-raiser, additionally within the Gulf kingdom, was suspended as repairs had been carried out.
Given the huge assets of each F1 and the state-owned Sakhir circuit, followers have lashed out at farcical scenes. One questioned: “How many drain covers do you need on an F1 track in a country that gets two inches of rain a year?”
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Another fumed: “Fix the drains. It’s not like you’ve had a couple months’ notice!” A 3rd waded in: “This is rubbish. How can an international circuit have these issues two days in a row? Shambles.”
Another blasted: “Pathetic. Why are we removing all the proper European race tracks and keeping these that aren’t even fit for purpose?”
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After an analogous downside occurred throughout observe forward of final yr’s Las Vegas Grand Prix, with Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari struggling injury, a fifth instructed: “How about every track going forward goes through a day or two of hole coverings stress checks before these fragile 200mph machines fly around a track? I’m sure F1 can afford one person per hole covering/grate and have them go and yank and pull and perform a stress test of some sort.”
A sixth added: “This is becoming a shambles. This is the only testing the teams will get before the season starts. No return to Bahrain circuit for testing in the future.”
Thursday’s situation noticed each Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc hit the particles at Turn 11, forcing the session to be stopped with one hour and 40 minutes remaining.
