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Three McLaren team members treated after filming day fire
Three McLaren team members required treatment following a fire in the team’s garage during a filming day at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Friday.
RACER understands the fire broke out around 1600 local time, and McLaren confirmed that three team members were treated at the medical center and have since been released.
“There was a small fire in the garage during the team’s private filming day,” a team spokesperson told RACER. “The fire was quickly extinguished by the team, and circuit emergency services and medical teams attended immediately in support. Three team members were taken to the medical center for treatment and were released shortly after.”
The team is currently assessing the MCL34 chassis to understand the extent of any damage. It is not yet clear whether the team has a spare chassis if one is required to carry out testing with next week. The second pre-season test starts on Tuesday.
Racing Point and Williams were also carrying out filming days on Friday at the circuit. Both teams are understood to have offered assistance, but the fire had been extinguished by the time they reached the McLaren garage. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation.
A fire also broke out in the Williams garage at the same circuit in 2012, minutes after the team had taken a surprise win with Pastor Maldonado.
Chris Medland
While studying Sports Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire, Chris managed to talk his way into working at the British Grand Prix in 2008 and was retained for three years before joining ESPN F1 as Assistant Editor. After three further years at ESPN, a spell as F1 Editor at Crash Media Group was followed by the major task of launching F1i.com’s English-language website and running it as Editor. Present at every race since the start of 2014, he has continued building his freelance portfolio, working with international titles. As well as writing for RACER, his broadcast work includes television appearances on F1 TV and as a presenter and reporter on North America's live radio coverage on SiriusXM.
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