In damp conditions, the Brazilian lost control of his car, smashing into the barriers on his way𝐆 to the grid. 

As a result, he was taken to the nearby hospital for precautionary checks, while the start of the race was delayed by five minutes to allow marshals toᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ clear the track. 

Drugovich has receivꦉed the all-clear and is allowed to start the feature race.

“Following his crash on the way to the grid in Sprint Race 1, Felipe Drugovich was taken 🧔to hospital for precautionary check,” UNI-Virtuosi wrote on Twitter.

“Felipe has haꦿd a CT scan and X-Ray, and although he’s a bit sore, he’s fortunately been given the all-clear.”

Dr🌟ugovich took to social media afterwards and wrote: “Thank god I am okay, that was a heavy impact. Thanks everyone for all the messages.”

It was a disastrou🌟s day for the team as title contender Guanyu Zhou also spun on his way to the grid.

Zhou stalled his car and ultimღately wasn’t able to race.

The good news for Zhou is that points leader Oscar Piastri failed to score as he finished nint༒h, although Prema teammate Robert Shwartzman finished third and reduced the gap in the standings ahead of tomorrow morning’s feature race.

As a result of the heavy rain in Sochi on Saturday, organise🔴rs decided to cancel the second F2 sprint race. 

The feature race will take place on Sunday morning at 1120 loc🎃al time with Piastri set to start from pole posit🉐ion. 

This will take place after the final 🐠F3 race of t꧟he season which is set to start at 0955 local time in Sochi.