Japanese Grand Prix red-flagged after first lap Daniel Ricciardo-Alex Albon crash

The Japanese Grand Prix was susꦑpended followi💟ng a first-lap crash.

Daniel Ricciardo and Alex Albon crash at the start of the Japanese Grand Prix
Daniel Ricciardo and Alex Albon crash at the start of the Japanese Grand Prix

The 2024 F1 Japanese Grand Prix was red-flagged following an opening lap crash involving 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Daniel Ricciardo and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果: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 outside.

But the pair conne🏅cted, with both being speared off the track and into the barriers on the outside.&nb♍sp;

A Sa💞fety Car was immediately deployed but the race was soon suspended.&n♔bsp;

The incident caused hefty da💛mage to both cars, as well as the tyre barriers. 

A lengthy delay is expected while barrier repair work is🍨 carried out and the cars are recovered. 

It is the last thing Williams n♍eeded given th🌌e team are currently operating without 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 c💟ontrol has confirmed that the race will restart with a standing star🐠t. 

For🐻mer 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 ওunfortunate. It wasn't Albon's 👍fault and it wasn't Ricciardo's," Davidson said. 

"Ricciardo is going for thඣe racing line aꦺnd three into one doesn't really go. It's a racing incident and wrong place, wrong time for Albon."

After a delay, ❀the race restarted aജnd was won by Max Verstappen.

Tyre strategy, and the clash between Ricciardo and Albon, were the top 🦄talking points.

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