Max Verstappen out of action post-FP1 in bizarre incident

As the session dominated by both McLarens saw Verstappen finish in P6, the Dutchman lined up on the grid to perform a practice start.

Everything was going business as usual, until Turn 1. In what could only be described as a bizarre happening, the Dutchman shot straight through the Tarzan corner, skimmed over the gravel and nearly parked his car in the wall.

Reaching out on the radio back to the Austrian team's pitwall to report "I'm stuck," Verstappen had no choice but to extricate himself from his RB21 and leave the stricken car where it stood.

Verstappen then fiddled with an area of the floor at the rear of the RB21 before walking away from the scene of the incident.