Kevin Magnussen brought out the red flag at the Mexican Grand Prix after a car failure left his Haas on fire at the exit of turn eight. The Danish driver became the second retirement of the race after Sergio Perez’s lap-one incident.
Magnussen had already endured a couple of shaky moments, running wide out of the final corner as he struggled with tyre wear in his battle with Williams driver Logan Sargeant.
Matters got worse for the Dane later on the lap. He suffered a right-rear suspension failure during the flying esses, sending him barreling towards the barriers and destroying his Haas machinery.
This crash quickly brought out the safety car as Magnussen clambered out of his car, which proceeded to catch fire on the rear with his brakes overheating.
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With major damage to the barriers it became clear that a safety car wasn’t enough to get the track ready to resume racing, so race control brought out the red flag and neutralised the race.
This decision did not go down well with Max Verstappen, who had just made a free pit stop under safety car conditions, retaining the lead from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.
The reigning world champion took to the team radio to complain to race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase, asking: “That’s a joke. Red flag for what? I saw the car was a bit on fire, but it’s already all cleared.”
Magnussen’s crash made him the second retirement from the Mexican GP after home hero Perez crashed out on the opening lap of the race in heartbreaking fashion.
Checo, who headed into this weekend with massive pressure on his shoulders following a string of difficult results, got an incredible launch when the lights went out.
The Mexican driver launched his RB19 around the outside of polesitter Charles Leclerc but turned in too early, sending him airborne and spinning out of the race.
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