The primary of two races in Italy was halted on the ninth lap of racing after quite a few vehicles had been concerned in a high-speed accident.
Jaguar’s Sam Chook, who had began on the entrance row alongside team-mate Mitch Evans and had initially led the opening laps, misplaced management by means of the high-speed left-hand Flip 6 sweep having run vast when in fourth place.
Whereas Jake Dennis, Nick Cassidy and Maximilian Gunther instantly behind had been simply capable of keep away from the spinning Chook after the Briton had bounced off the wall, Envision Racing’s Sebastien Buemi was unable to keep away from the stricken Jaguar, which had stopped broadside throughout the monitor.
The heavy impression despatched Chook’s Jaguar additional onto the racing line, with DS Penske’s Stoffel Vandoorne hitting the wall in avoidance earlier than Edoardo Mortara’s Maserati suffered a heavy head-on collision with the Jaguar.
The ensuing chaos and particles triggered a concertina impact behind, which claimed Antonio Felix da Costa (Porsche), Lucas di Grassi (Mahindra) and Robin Frijns (Abt Cupra).
All drivers concerned within the incident had been capable of extract themselves from their respective vehicles and have been checked within the medical centre.
The identical spot on the monitor had already claimed the Andretti Autosport machine of Andre Lotterer earlier within the race, in addition to the McLaren of Jake Hughes in qualifying – who was unable to begin the race as a result of harm triggered within the crash.
Vandoorne was capable of drive his broken DS Penske again to the pits the place it’s being repaired forward of a restart.
Championship protagonist Pascal Wehrlein additionally suffered suspension harm within the incident however was capable of return to the pits.
The Porsche driver had dropped to the again of the sector having broken his entrance wing on the opening lap, which required the German to pit.
Nissan’s Sacha Fenestraz had been main from Evans and McLaren’s Rene Rast previous to the purple flag, with a restart scheduled for 1605 native time.