Purple Bull’s F1 take a look at program has been placed on maintain whereas the group awaits the arrival of spare components.
Purple Bull has run out of components to restore its new RB22 Challenger following Isaac Hajjar’s massive crash on the second day of Barcelona’s personal shakedown, in response to revered Dutch journalist Erik van Haalen.
The 21-year-old Frenchman, who was promoted from sister group Racing Bulls to turn into Max Verstappen’s newest Purple Bull teammate, misplaced management in slippery situations on the high-speed ultimate nook, spinning backwards and crashing into the limitations.
Hajjar was unhurt by the shunt, however the impression brought on vital harm to the rear of his RB22, halting Purple Bull’s second day of racing.
On Tuesday night time, Purple Bull group principal Laurent Mequise mentioned the group wanted to evaluate the harm earlier than deciding after they might finish their testing program for the primary week of pre-season testing.
“We had very difficult situations this afternoon so it’s totally unlucky that it ended the best way it did, however that is a part of the sport,” Mekies mentioned.
“These difficulties come after Isaac had a really, very optimistic day yesterday when it comes to the variety of laps he was in a position to full within the automotive and his studying and growth and suggestions to the engineers.
“We’ll do our greatest to restore the automotive and see what occurs subsequent.”
Purple Bull now faces a race towards time to obtain the brand new components and set up them on its 2026 automotive so it may possibly full the third take a look at day allowed on Friday’s ultimate day of apply.
Haas was additionally out of motion on Thursday after experiencing two mechanical issues on the third day of closed-door testing.
