Max Verstappen’s “torpedoing” Max Verstappen’s monopost Andrey Kimi Antonelli was not the only wild spectacle offered by the Austrian Red Bull Ring on Sunday.
It was not the usual drama in the curves, but rather the scene cut out of the grotesque.
The Austrian Red Bull Ring paralyzed an unexpected incident on Sunday when the towing service tractor carrying the crashed Formula 2 monopost crashed into the design of a large -scale advertising panel.
“It all fell directly across the entire width of the track. It was terrible to realize what would happen if someone went there,” one of the track commissioners described.
The truck was returning from the Formula 2 accident, and the driver did not seem to estimate the height of the hydraulic crane, which captured its bottom when crossing under the structure.
This was followed by a deafening rattle and the entire steel structure, including a giant screen, collapsed on the asphalt. Fortunately, there was no car on the track at that moment.
“It was very dangerous. No one was hurt, but it is a warning,” the organizers’ representative admitted.
The organizers had to close the circuit to remove the debris and check if there were other elements above the track. The incident was delayed by the following Porsche sports car.
Formula 1 pilot George Russell watched the situation from the boxes and did not believe his eyes. “I thought it was a joke. Then I saw everything collapsed,” the British rider commented.
The impact also damaged the arm of the tractor and the Formula 2 monopost itself, which hung on the straps.
Fortunately, according to the technical delegate, the car managed to capture before falling directly on the track. The driver of the tractor ended up in the care of doctors.
