Perez, Hulkenberg and Magnussen unharmed after huge first-lap crash
Ocon also out
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Lorraine McKenna
Postpublished at 14:44 British Summer Time 26 May 2024
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Harry Benjamin BBC F1 Commentator
I can still only see Pierre Gasly's Alpine sitting in the pit-lane, no Esteban Ocon's car for the time being, still a lot of action going on outside of Ocon's garage.
Postpublished at 14:43 British Summer Time 26 May 2024
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Jennie Gow F1 pit-lane reporter
Drivers are starting to get their helmets on and get back into their cars, it's the hottest it's been this weekend and I think these drivers are a bit hot and bothered.
Ocon and Gasly incident to be investigatedpublished at 14:42 British Summer Time 26 May 2024
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The stewards have more work to do, as they are going to take a look at that first-lap incident between the two Alpines of Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly.
Postpublished at 14:41 British Summer Time 26 May 2024
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Kevin Magnussen spoke to Sky Sports after the crash: "I think it's something they [the stewards] will look at. It's a big crash, from my point of view I was there and I got squeezed to the wall."
Postpublished at 14:39 British Summer Time 26 May 2024
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The next radio message to be played out as the cars headed back to the pits earlier on is from Lewis Hamilton, who tells his Mercedes pit wall "I told you guys. I told you guys," which probably relates to the hard tyre choice at the start of the race.
Postpublished at 14:36 British Summer Time 26 May 2024
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Charles Leclerc, Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris were just some of the drivers to jump straight on the radio to ask if the drivers involved in the crash were OK. Piastri follows up his concern by asking his team to check for any damage to his car after that tag from the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz.
No further investigation on Perez-Magnussen crashpublished at 14:29 British Summer Time 26 May 2024
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Kevin Magnussen stays on 10 penalty points. The stewards have decided no further investigation is needed into that opening-lap collision between the Red Bull and Haas.
Sainz stays third at restartpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 26 May 2024
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What must Charles Leclerc be thinking now? The Monegasque will stay in his pole position when we restart and more importantly for his race win hopes, Carlos Sainz will line up in his original P3 slot.
Postpublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 26 May 2024
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Jennie Gow F1 pit-lane reporter
Sergio Perez, I've never seen a car actually be a passenger, he had no control over that, he didn't know what was happening to him, he was just spinning round.
That was a really unusual incident with three cars.
Perez, Magnussen & Hulkenberg outpublished at 14:22 British Summer Time 26 May 2024
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This is the aftermath of that opening collision between Sergio Perez and Kevin Magnussen's Haas. The Mexican is walking back to the pits to watch of the rest of this race (when we get going) in the comfort of the garage.
Postpublished at 14:20 British Summer Time 26 May 2024
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Marc Priestley Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live
From a team perspective, you are starting to relook at things like strategy, do you need to change tyres. There is an opportunity to change tyres here and try something different.
Red flagpublished at 14:17 British Summer Time 26 May 2024
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Lap 1/78
Sergio Perez, Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg all exited their cars safely after that huge crash. German Hulkenberg looks unimpressed as he heads back to the garage.
The TV replays are showing us another collision during the first lap! This time it's the two Alpine drivers as Pierre Gasly in 10th feels the brunt of his competitive team-mate Esteban Ocon in 11th. Gasly is furious with Ocon's driving over the team radio.
Red flagpublished at 14:13 British Summer Time 26 May 2024
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At the front of the grid, Carlos Sainz had to use the run-off at Casino Square after his tyre picked up a puncture from that fight with Oscar Piastri at the race start. The Spaniard's pit wall said they were also checking the front wing.
Postpublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 26 May 2024
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Sergio Perez was hit hard from behind by Kevin Magnussen's Haas heading up the hill in that opening-lap tangle.Team-mate Nico Hulkenberg was right in the mix and tells his pit wall "that was unnecessary" as he gets caught up in the aftermath.