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The first trials at the Azerbaijani Grand Prix were canceled after George Russell's Williams was damaged on a loose manhole.
The British car hit the edge of the cover between turns 2 and 3 and crushed the floor of his car, which then stopped.
The cover seemed to have been loosened by Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.
In wacky scenes, the truck bringing Russell's car back to the stands sank on a bridge over the track.
The hydraulic fluid leak in Russell's car below.
The race director, Michael Masi, quickly canceled the rest of the session, in which only the Ferrari set time, to try to solve the multiple problems.
Masi will not only have to ensure that the damaged liner is repaired, but also check the rest of the laps around the track and make sure the damaged deck is in good condition.
It is thought that there are 300 manholes around the circuit.
Russell said: "There was a sewer plate and I had the biggest slam on the body.The engine was shut down."
Williams will have to change chbadis due to damage and therefore the regulation forces him to not be able to run until Saturday 's final practice session.
Ferrari had left early with both cars to try a major aerodynamic improvement introduced this weekend.
But Leclerc and Vettel were no longer than five and four laps, which would give the team data on the airflow around the car, but very little information for the drivers on the impact of the new aerodynamics on the balance of the car.
The drivers Mercedes Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, first and second of the championship after three consecutive doubles at the beginning of the season, did not even carry out an installation lap.
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