The race was initially red flagged with just over 50 minutes remaining on the clock after 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz pulled to the side of the track.

It soon emerged that Sainz had hit some sort of bump, damaging the floor of his car, which turned h🎃is engine off.

It transp🌠🌼ired that the bump was in fact a loose drain cover.

Replays showed Sainz ꦡviolently going over it, even though he had lifted due to the yellow flags.

Fortunately, Sainz was uninjured by the impact.

Shortly after, ✤the FIA announced that the session will not resume as it will take time to a🐽ssess the issue as safety is paramount.

The FIA released a statement, stating: "We are c🌳urrently looking at an issue with a drain cover, which is the reason for the current delay."

Alpine were also affected by it with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon, with the Fren෴ch team forced to💦 change his chassis due to the damage sustained.

In terms of lap times - albeit unrepresentative given the limited running -168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Charles Leclerc was 2.5s clear of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Hulkenberg at the top of the timesheets.

Looking ahead to the FP2, the FIA confirmed 🐻they will check every drain cover at the circuit to en🧔sure it's safe to drive.

The FIA a✤dded: “Following inspection, it was the concrete frame around a manhole cover that has failed,” he said. “We now need to check all of the other manhole covers which will take some time.

“We will be discussing with the local circuit engineering tea꧋m about the length of time it will take to resolve and will update with any ꩵresultant changes to the schedule.”