“It could be right on the cusp of tripping over and then you’ve got 22 cars stopped out on the track and we all look a bit silly.” Andretti team principal Roger Griffiths’ comments during the opening practice session ahead of last weekend’s Shanghai E-Prix double-header reflected what many already felt, including this writer, that it did indeed look a bit silly.
No more than five minutes of FP1 had taken place before the red flags were called into action and it wasn’t long before the TV cameras quickly picked up the bizarre sight of five cars stopped around the track.
