Source: Mercedes F1 Twitter
Canadian Grand Prix Free Practice 1 has been red flagged after Pierre Gasly stopped on the track, but it was never restarted due to CCTV issues.
In the opening moments of Canadian Grand Prix Free Practice 1, Pierre Gasly’s car ground to a halt due to power issues, which led to the session being red flagged.
However, the session was never restarted due to a CCTV issue.
“The delay will be longer as the CCTV is not synced correctly and until the issue has been fixed we cannot run on track,” the FIA’s statement read.
“This system is a local installation and they are continuing to work to resolve the problem. The clock will continue to run down on FP1 and the session won’t be extended as there must be 2.5hrs between FP1 and FP2.
“We are looking at options to extend FP2,” the statement concluded.
It was later announced that FP2 will start 30 minutes ahead of its scheduled start time, and be extended by half an hour to make up for the time lost in FP1.
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FP1 Classification
1 Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo, 1m18.728s
2 Lance Stroll, Aston Martin, 1m19.175s
3 Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, 1m19.807s
4 Sergio Perez, Red Bull, 1m20.154s
5 Max Verstappen, Red Bull, 1m20.231s
6 Oscar Piastri, McLaren, 1m21.496s
8 Nico Hulkenberg, Haas, 1m24.045s
8 Kevin Magnussen, Haas, 1m24.336s
9 Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo, 1m24.961s
10 Carlos Sainz, Ferrari, 1m25.991s
11 Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, 1m26.809s
12 Nyck de Vries, AlphaTauri, 1m32.274s
13 Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri, No Time Set
14 Lando Norris, McLaren, No Time Set
15 Pierre Gasly, Alpine, No Time Set
16 Alex Albon, Williams, No Time Set
17 Logan Sargeant, Williams, No Time Set
18 Esteban Ocon, Alpine, No Time Set
19 Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, No Time Set
20 George Russell, Mercedes, No Time Set
