The Brazilian Grand Prix sprint race has been red flagged following an incident involving McLaren driver and F1 2025 title contender Oscar Piastri.<\/p>\n
Piastri lost control of his McLaren MCL39 at Turn 3 and spun into the barrier on Lap 6 of the sprint race at Interlagos.<\/p>\n
McLaren driver Oscar Piastri retires from Brazil GP sprint race<\/p>\n
The Australian \u2013 who was running third behind Lando Norris and Andrea Kimi Antonelli at the time of his mistake \u2013 was followed into the barriers in quick succession by Sauber\u2019s Nico Hulkenberg and Alpine driver Franco Colapinto, who also spun at Turn 3.<\/p>\n
Hulkenberg was able to rejoin with Piastri and Colapinto both suffering terminal damage.<\/p>\n
Replays showed all three drivers touching the wet kerb on the inside of the track at Turn 3, the long left hander at the foot of the Senna S chicane, before spinning into the outside barrier.<\/p>\n
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\ud83d\udc49\u00a0F1 2025: Head-to-head qualifying statistics between team-mates<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\u00a0F1 2025: Head-to-head race statistics between team-mates<\/a><\/p>\n The safety car was called in the immediate aftermath of the incident before the race, which began with all 20 drivers on dry tyres on a partially damp track, was suspended.<\/p>\n Colapinto was taken to the medical centre following his impact with the wall at Turn 3.<\/p>\n In a statement issued to PlanetF1.com, the Alpine team said: \u201cFranco was taken to the medical centre after the incident at Turn 3 for precautionary checks.<\/p>\n \u201cHe is OK and has been released by the doctors.\u201d<\/p>\n The FIA has since confirmed that the sprint race will resume at 11:35 local time in Sao Paulo.<\/p>\n More on Oscar Piastri and McLaren from PlanetF1.com<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49 Oscar Piastri news<\/a><\/p>\n