Several grass fires wreak havoc at Japanese Grand Prix qualifying as Max Verstappen sets new lap record

By Jamie Barton, CNN Grass fires wreaked havoc at the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday, forcing Formula One practice and qualifying sessions to be halted three times. The dramatic scenes came after four red flags were waved during Friday's practice session, two of which were for on-track fires apparently caused by sparks from cars' sliding blocks falling on dry grass. All five fires over the two days were quickly extinguished by race stewards.

Several grass fires wreak havoc at Japanese Grand Prix qualifying as Max Verstappen sets new lap record

Grass fires continued to wreak havoc at the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday as practice and qualifying sessions were halted three times when three separate blazes broke out.

F1 Practice Was A Total Mess With Huge Crash, Parts Of The Track Catching On Fire.

I was having some trouble sleeping on Thursday night into Friday morning and found myself awake at 1:30 in the morning. So, since I was up, I wandered downstairs to watch the second practice session of the Japanese Grand Prix weekend, and I'm kind of glad I did because it was downright bizarre.The first practice of the weekend was relatively uneventful, aside from the fact that McLaren's Lando Norris topped the timesheet, and Red Bull's Yuki Tsu…

Formula 1 Practice In Japan Stopped Twice As Track Randomly Catches On Fire

What should have been a normal Formula 1 practice session for Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka International Circuit took a bizarre turn on Friday when the track twice caught fire, forcing a halt to Free Practice 2. The incidents occurred toward the end of the scheduled 60-minute practice session. The cause appeared to be unseasonably dry weather which caused the grass around the track to become brown and dry. The dry grass, combined w…

FIA probe grass fires at Japanese Grand Prix

Organisers are investigating the trackside grass fires that disrupted second practice at the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday and taking measures to ensure there is no repeat over the rest of the weekend.

Pilots during the Formula One Japan Grand Prix curbed by burning grass. As in practice, red flags were flying in qualifying because of flames along the track in Suzuka. The cause is probably sparks from titanium plates.