Race brought to standstill as F2 chaos unfolds on Monaco opening lap
The Formula 2 feature race at the Monaco Grand Prix has descended into absolute chaos on the opening lap.
As the lights went out and the grid made its way to the opening corner, Victor Martins who started from second got the better start and moved past pole sitter Alex Dunne as he looked to sweep around the outside up the hill.
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But it wasn't to be as Dunne kept his nose alongside the rear of Martins and as he turned in for the apex he was sent sideways before being pinned against the barrier.
The accident between the two cars at the front then set off a chain reaction of unbridled carnage.
Martins was fuming afterwards saying of Dunne: 'He thinks he's Max Verstappen!'
Almost half of the grid got caught up in the incident which left the marshalls with no other choice than to bring out the red flags.
Leonardo Fornaroli, who started in P3, was the winner out of the incident as he breezed past the crash and flew away up the hill before the flags were waved.
Marshalls quickly went to work to clean up the track and get all of the cars back into the garage.
The result of the opening lap incident saw seven drivers ruled out of the race with Dunne, Martins, Richard Verschoor, Gabriele Mini, Ritomo Miyata, Josep Marti and Max Esterson back in the garage,
After a lengthy delay the race finally got back underway with the FIA electing to do a rolling restart to avoid a potential double up of the turn one chaos.
The delay saw the race reduced down to a thirty minute sprint which teams still forced to do one mandatory pit stop.
Fornaroli got the race restarted ahead of Sebastian Montoya and Arvid Lindblad but it wasn't long before the yellow flags were flying.
Joshua Durksen was caught out looking for a move in the final corners as he ran wide and slammed into the barriers which ended his day.
The loss of Durksen saw the field reduced to only 14 drivers with more than 24 minutes on the clock.
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