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Cause of broken Portimão drain cover "never seen before" - FIA

FIA race director Michael Masi has revealed the cause of the broken drain cover that delayed Portuguese Grand Prix qualifying had never been witnessed before. The incident was sparked when Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel ran over a section of drain at turn 14 at the end of final practice, leading to a red flag that cut the session short by two minutes. Article continues under video While it is not uncommon for a drain cover to break loose, as occurred in Baku in 2019 and Malaysia in 2017, the cause on those occasions was due to poor welding. In Portimão, however, Masi said: "It’s something we haven’t really seen before with a collapse, that I’ve seen of that nature, certainly....
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