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Azerbaijan GP practice cancelled after bizarre track damage

First practice at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was cancelled after George Russell's Williams was damaged on a loose manhole cover. The Briton's car caught the edge of the cover between Turns Two and Three and it smashed the floor of his car, which then shut down. The cover appeared to have been loosened by Charles Leclerc's Ferrari. In farcical scenes, the truck bringing Russell's car back to the pits crashed into a bridge over the track. That leaked hydraulic fluid on to Russell's car beneath. Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton joked on social media: "How could they have not checked and sealed the drains? Oh well, just gives me extra time to catch up on Game of Thrones." Race director Michael...
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