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Rahaan Mazumder

Kimi Antonelli hit with a major pre-race scare in Singapore

The 2026 Singapore Grand Prix was moments from officially getting under way when chaos erupted on the starting grid for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team.

Just minutes before the field was scheduled to roll away for the mandatory formation lap around the Marina Bay Street Circuit, severe panic broke out around the second row. Championship leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli was strapped in and preparing to launch his W17 from fourth position when mechanics spotted a critical, last-second problem within the car's front brake assembly.

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