F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix red-flagged as Alex Albon and Kevin Magnussen crash out
Max Verstappen led the front of the field away cleanly, as the race started, but 𒊎there was a big mix-up further back.
At Turn 1, Williams' Albon and Haas' Magnussen madꦉe contact.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc had already🌳 crashed on the formation lap.
Daniel Ricciardo and Oscar Piastri's cars w🍷ere also damaged, in the incident involving Albon and Magnussen෴.
The red flag came out, giving a chance tඣo clear the track of considerable debris.
Albon's cജar had to be collected by a crane, such was the damage to it.
Sky's Martin Brundle assessed the dramatic start: "Nobod𝓡y did anything wrong. It’s just the nature of a 200-metre sprint to a braking point."
The restart order will be: Verstappen, Norris, Hamilton, ✱Alonso, Stroll, Russell, Perez, Sainz, Ocon, Tsunoda, Gasly, Bottas, Zhou, Sargeant, Hulkenberg, Piastri and Ricciardo.
Verstappen would eventually claim 💫victory in Brazil.
James was a sports jouꦉrnalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
