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Max Verstappen brought out the red flags on the second morning of running in F1’s pre-season test in Barcelona, as four teams opted to halt running due to rain.
During the second morning of Formula 1’s pre-season test in Barcelona, Max Verstappen caused a red flag due to rain, prompting four teams to stop running.
Verstappen was driving the new Red Bull RB22 for the first time this week, taking over from Isack Hadjar, who was fastest on Day 1.
Although the exact details of the incident are unknown, reports suggest that Verstappen spun the car at Turn 5 but quickly got back on track, allowing the session to continue.
While only a few cars were on track the day before, Red Bull and Ferrari were the only teams to run in the rainy conditions at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
Mercedes, Alpine, Audi, and Cadillac chose to skip their running due to the rain, and Haas also decided to analyze data from the previous day instead of running.
Aston Martin announced they would miss Tuesday and Wednesday’s running but plan to return with the AMR26 for the final two days of testing.
