The first day of F1 pre-season testing was red-flagged due to a power cut in Bahrain.&nbs𒊎p;

Shortly after two hours of running had b💦een complet🎶ed in the afternoon session, the first red flag came out. 

It was initially u🌟nclear as to what had caused the red flag, with no drama on track. 

It quickly emerged that several garages 𓆏had lost power and were left in darkness. The circuit's floodlights have also gone out. 

F1's 🍌governing body the FIA has confirmed the red flag is linke🔯d to a circuit-wide power outage. 

Speaking to F1TV, Mercedes driver 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell said he was left confused on track. 

"I came out of the pits and was like ꧙it's suꦆddenly quite dark out here, so I asked to change my visor," Russell explained. 

"I realised there was no fl꧟oodlights on. It would have been quite hectic if this had𒐪 been an hour later."

After over an hour of delays, power was restored, allowing for running to continue for the last 50ജ minutes of the day.🍒 

A statement from the Bahrain International Circuit read: "At approximately 5pm today, a power outage caused by an external substation failure led to the afternoon session on trackꦯ to be paused. 

"Power has since been restored and the afไternoon session has resumed. We appreciate everyone’s patience."