A fire stopped free practice two after a chaos hit sessionA second trackside fire was seen as the session drew to a close
But Friday’s second practice session was hit by chaos after the red flag was waved FOUR times.
A massive crash from Alpine rookie Jack Doohan proved to be the spark of a crazy session.
Doohan had smashed into the wall at pace at the fast Turn 1, leaving his car mangled and the Australian out of the session but fortunately able to walk away.
Veteran Fernando Alonso was the second star to crash out as he dipped a wheel of his Aston Martin off the track before falling into the gravel and beaching his car to see another red flag deployed.
Track stewards then waved a red flag for the third time as a small trackside fire was seen lighting up with around 12 minutes of the session to go.
The sunny conditions had left the grass trackside dry, and paired with the sparks flying from F1 cars as they raced past it ended up lighting a small fire.
Stewards were able to deal with the grass fire before it become too engulfed and were seen extinguishing it.
Racing got back underway
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