McLaren will source an alternative F1 hospitality unit for next weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, has learned.

Dramatic sไcenes unfolded in the Barcelona F1 paddock on Saturday ahead of final practice when McLaren’s motorhome had to be evacuated after a suspected electrical fire broke out above the kitchen area.

Emergency services a𝓡nd fire crews quickly arrived and helped ꧙get the situation under control. One McLaren team member was taken to hospital as a precaution but was later discharged.

understands the damage🦋 is not too substantial a♒nd is mainly isolated to one area of the unit, with the main concern for McLaren being the need to get rid of the smell of smoke.

F1’s governing body the FIA are putting McLaren’s personnel and guests up for the remainder of the Spanish Grand Prix weekend with their෴ Team Hub out of action.

While it is too early to say what McLaren wiꦚll do for the upcoming British Grand Prix at Silve🐈rstone on July 7, the British squad will source an alternative hospitality unit for next week’s race in Austria as a temporary  solution. 

It is uncl🧸ear at this stage whether it will be another team’s old moto😼rhome.

After claiming pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris detailed how the fire impacted M☂cဣLaren’s preparations on Saturday.

Norris was seen walking away from Mc𒐪Laren’s hospitality in just his socks, having “lost” his shoes ܫduring the evacuation.

“The best thing is everyone’s safe, everyone’s doing well,” Norris said. “🤡So that’s probably the best news from everything. One person was taken to hospital just for some check-ups, but all good otherwise.

“So it was a bit of a scare for the whole team, never a nice thing. But just a bit more of probably a s🎐tressful day than I would have liked.”

The 2🔯4-year-old Briton also heaped♒ praise on rival teams for helping McLaren out following the fire.

“I’ve not been in my normal room,” he explained. “I’ve not been able to m⭕aybe relax and chill out as m🍸uch as what I normally do.

“I’ve had a lot of offers from people, so it’s been great. A lot of the teams, honestly, have been very, very nice to us, McLaren, in offering help and things like that. So that was all good f💞rom that side.

“It’s a shame that it won’t be used tod꧃ay or tomorrow, I don’t think, for anything – maybe not into the future, but that’s not anythi𓂃ng that I know about for now.”