Firstly Williams driver Alex Albon tangled with each Haas automobiles the ship him and Kevin Magnussen into the wall.
Beginning behind Nico Hulkenberg and Magnussen in thirteenth, Albon made an excellent launch off the road to threaten each into Flip 1, however as he pulled forward of Hulkenberg on the surface, the German was squeezed on the within by team-mate Magnussen and could not to again out of a closing hole in time.
Hulkenberg’s right-front wheel tapped Albon’s left-rear, sending the Anglo-Thai right into a spin which collected Magnussen. Albon took the most important hit as he and Magnussen crashed into the obstacles, however each walked away unharmed.
Whereas the security automobile was instantly referred to as out to permit marshals to recuperate the 2 stranded automobiles, a crimson flagged was referred to as quickly after as a result of Albon’s impression had broken the tyre obstacles.
Hulkenberg made it again spherical however wanted repairs after the incident, whereas Daniel Ricciardo’s rear wing gave the impression to be broken after his AlphaTauri was caught by an errant tyre. The Faenza group confronted a race towards time to repair the Australian’s automobile earlier than the restart.
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Kevin Magnussen, Haas VF-23, climbs out of his broken automobile after a begin incident with Alex Albon, Williams Racing
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri was additionally an harmless sufferer of the crash, having been swiped by a spinning Magnussen.
Earlier than the beginning, second-place qualifier Charles Leclerc had already been eradicated by spinning into the wall on the formation lap. On the Ferrari group radio the Monegasque driver lamented the lack of hydraulics on his SF23, which appeared to grab the engine and punt him right into a spin.
Leclerc’s absence from his second grid spot opened the door for Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso behind him in fourth, however each he and third-starting term-mate Lance Stroll made horrible getaways off the road.
Polesitter Max Verstappen was unchallenged to maintain the lead into Flip 1, with McLaren’s Lando Norris vaulting previous each Astons to second from sixth on the grid.
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton will take the standing restart from third, forward of Alonso, Stroll and team-mate George Russell.
The restart is deliberate for 14:31 native time.
Piastri and Ricciardo each made the restart after repairs, however had been required to start out from the pitlane and a lap down.