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CCTV footage from the Las Vegas street circuit shows a fiery plume of smoke emerge from under Carlos Sainz's car as he was soon lost amid the sparks before returning to the garage.
A red flag was thrown after Esteban Ocon's Alpine and then Carlos Sainz's Ferrari suffered significant damage having run over the damaged part of the track, and practice did not resume.