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Shanghai sizzles: FIA scrambling to solve mystery grass fires
©SkySports/F1 Phillip van Osten
19/04/2024 at 14:1920/04/2024 at 05:00 The FIA is on a quest for answers, scratching their heads over the mysterious grass fires that lit up Friday’s opening day of running at the Chinese Grand Prix. The first incident erupted halfway through the 60-minute free practice session when a patch of grass located just behind the kerb on the inside of Shanghai’s Turn 7 was seen ablaze. The moment triggered a brief red flag to allow the track marshals to extinguish the fire, but the cause of the burn-up remained a mystery. Later in the day in Sprint qualifying, the same patch of consumed grass caught fire again which led to a slight delay to the start of SQ2 and...
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