See every angle of the f1 las vegas loose drain cover that tore up carlos sainzs car

There have been plenty of concerns well-nigh the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix heading into the first race there since 1982.

And in the first practice session, disaster struck early on Friday.

As the drivers were going virtually the track, Carlos Sainz of Ferrari hit a loose phlebotomize cover, sending sparks everywhere and rabble-rousing the heck out of the marrow of his car. The practice session was stopped, the phlebotomize imbricate was fixed, and sooner the cars got when out. But Sainz will get a penalty on race day — which feels really unfair — and his car got when out, performing very well once everything got fixed.

Here are videos of the incident, plus photos of the damage:

The moment Carlos Sainz hit the manhole cover#LasVegasGP #f1lasvegas #CarlosSainz #LasVegasGrandPrix pic.twitter.com/InRv6dUPP3

— Yusuf Tanşu (@YusufTanu2) November 17, 2023

The session has been canceled, here's a slow motion squint at what happened with Carlos Sainz pic.twitter.com/ktE2SMAsEZ

— CJ Fogler worth may or may not be notable (@cjzero) November 17, 2023

CCTV footage of Sainz hitting the phlebotomize imbricate in FP1 #F1 #LasVegasGrandPrix pic.twitter.com/VV5O3fmqBT

— Jean. (@Johnners96) November 17, 2023

Carlos Sainz driving over the phlebotomize imbricate #VegasGP https://t.co/XARzXklUxf pic.twitter.com/myx4uV1VEE

— Evan Abrams (@EvanHAbrams) November 17, 2023

disastrous start to the Las Vegas F1, with a phlebotomize imbricate working loose in practice and causing forfeiture to Sainz’s car. The same thing happened during practice sessions in Azerbaijan in 2019 and Malaysia in 2017. I’m just glad that nobody was hurt
pic.twitter.com/sD3pcwmP5R

— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) November 17, 2023

The forfeiture caused to Carlos Sainz's Ferrari was so severe it was possible to see the road through the cockpit

(h/t @tgruener) pic.twitter.com/kfJkeO1c3A

— ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) November 17, 2023