Australian GP pile-up narrowly avoided as Verstappen moans at Hamilton

Formula One preview: A lap of the Australian Grand Prix

Several F1 cars were involved in a scary close call at the Australian Grand Prix after narrowly avoiding a huge pile-up at Albert Park in Melbourne as Max Verstappen complained about Lewis Hamilton. The Briton led behind the safety car following the red flag restart when six cars further down the field were brought to a stop, and the incident nearly caused a high-speed crash after confusion over traffic on the track.

A red flag had been brought out after a heavy shunt for Alex Albon on lap 8 as the Williams driver collided with the barrier. That gave the drivers who hadn’t pitted a chance to change their tyres for the standing restart.

On their formation lap to warm their tyres, it soon became clear that there would be some traffic in helping space out the cars and a dangerous situation occurred in the final sector when six cars poured into one corner, all in close proximity.

At one stage, all five cars on the track essentially came to a stop at Turn 6 and those behind were unsighted, with Kevin Magnussen’s Haas running off track. The Dane was fortunate not to collide with his F1 colleagues after taking evasive action onto the grass.

The stewards did look into the matter briefly but decided no further action was warranted, presumably because there was no obvious driver at fault.

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