The reptiles also invaded the track in 2016. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Formula One practice session had some surprise guests on Friday as several monitor lizards wandered onto the race track, to the bemusement of drivers and watching fans.
About half an hour into the Singapore Grand Prix’s opening practice, one reptilian interloper was seen shuffling across the track at Turn 9.show drivers weaving around the lizard as marshals waved yellow flags - the signal to slow down in case of hazards on the track. It took about 10 minutes to clear the track but just five minutes later, another lizard entered the fray.
Unruffled by the roaring engines, it lingered in the middle of the road, staking its claim to the Turn 8 hairpin.“Ah! There’s a lizard again on the track, a smaller one this time,” Max Verstappen exclaimed over team radio.Another lizard met a grisly end when it appeared to have been run over by Fernando Alonso.Animal appearances on F1 circuits are not uncommon, nor was Friday’s incident Verstappen’s first encounter with a lizard.
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