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Flying sandwich bag likely wiped out Sirotkin's race!
Williams' Sergey Sirotkin's short Australian Grand Prix amounted quite literally to a load of rubbish after the Russian's car was forced into retirement by a flying... sandwich bag! The rookie's maiden Grand Prix was over after just five laps when he led himself down the escape road at Turn 13 after a brake failure. Later, an initial diagnosis of the issue led to the conclusion that a large plastic bag had likely been the culprit of Sirotkin's unexpected demise. "You would not believe what happened – it was a plastic sandwich bag, which went into the rear-right brake duct," said the disappointed driver. "We still have a piece of the bag in our bodywork. Yes, that's how...
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