
Verstappen and Hamilton's car is knocked out, race management calls everyone back to the pit lane
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Technical problems with the cars during the formation lap of the Bahrain GP.
Some cars, including those of Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, had technical problems on the formation lap of the Bahrain GP, behind the safety car, and in the ensuing chaos the race direction decided to call everyone back to the pit lane.
In particular, Hamilton's Ferrari came to a complete stop on the track and the other drivers overtook it before the Briton could restart. The problems encountered would be linked to the software of the single-seaters, put into crisis by the very low speed in the formation lap, which in some cases were reset.
The FIA has announced that the original grid order will be used for the start of the race, with Verstappen in pole position and Hamilton alongside him.
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