On Lap 32 of 71 Magnussen was snaking his Haas by the Esses within the second sector when he appeared to undergo a left-rear suspension failure, which despatched his automotive laborious into left-hand obstacles at Flip 9.
The heavy hit destroyed Magnussen’s automotive, however the Dane was capable of climb out of his wrecked Haas unaided.
After a short security automotive interval the race was red-flagged with 36 laps remaining, as a result of monumental quantity of particles.
In a press release earlier than racing resumed, a Haas spokesperson stated: “Magnussen is okay.
“He’s being saved within the medical centre for a bit longer simply as commonplace statement. When he’s launched I’ll advise on pen timings – suspect it is perhaps in the direction of the top of race. The incident appears to be like to be a suspension failure, probably heat-induced.”
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Kevin Magnussen, Haas VF-23, leads Lando Norris, McLaren MCL60
Max Verstappen reacted to Magnussen’s crash by pitting for brand spanking new laborious tyres however retained his lead forward of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton.
Carlos Sainz was operating fourth within the second Ferrari adopted by AlphaTauri’s Daniel Ricciardo, who comfortably saved up with the frontrunners’ tempo within the high 5.
The race was set to renew at 15:14 native time with a standing begin, with all drivers allowed to freely swap their tyres.
That is dangerous information for McLaren’s Lando Norris and Williams man Alex Albon, who pitted after the security automotive got here out on dropped a number of positions every.
AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda was the largest benefactor of the pink flag, having moved up from 18th to eighth following an early pitstop.
Earlier on, Sergio Perez shocked the house followers by crashing out in Flip 1 of the primary lap after contact with Leclerc.
Leclerc sustained entrance wing injury within the conflict, with the stewards investigating whether or not or not the Ferrari man was driving round with an unsafe automotive.
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Sergio Perez, Crimson Bull Racing RB19, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-23, collide at first inflicting retirement for the Mexican
The Monegasque driver’s dangling entrance wing endplate lastly broke off in Flip 1 on Lap 4, which precipitated a digital security automotive.
The collision gave Verstappen free rein to swoop into the lead after beginning behind each Leclerc and Sainz, with the Dutchman chasing a sixteenth victory of a crushingly dominant 2023 season.
In the meantime, Perez a deflated Perez acknowledged he took a danger from fourth on the grid to attempt to lead his residence race.
“I am unhappy, indisputably as a result of in the present day was my alternative. I had an excellent begin and I used to be solely considering of successful the race. I did not need to be on the rostrum,” he stated.
“I noticed the chance and I went for it. In hindsight, I took a danger, but when I had pulled it off I might have come out of Flip 1 within the lead.”