Carlos Sainz almost runs over groundhog as Jenson Button jokes it wants the 'attention'
dailystar.co.ukF1 Canadian Grand Prix.Towards the end of the session, Carlos Sainz was hurtling along a straight at the Montreal circuit in his Ferrari, only to have to slow sharply to avoid hitting the creature which had scampered onto the track.
It’s not the first time a groundhog has found its way onto the Île Notre-Dame track during an F1 week, with Sky Sports commentator David Croft fondly christening this invader ‘Gary the Groundhog’.“It’s not time to come out of your little burrow,” said Croft. “That is the bravest groundhog on the Île Notre-Dame, dicing with Carlo Sainz.”Former world champion and Canadian Grand Prix winner Jenson Button, who was on co-commentary duty, jokingly accused the creature of attention seeking.“He’s not shy of the camera, is he?” said Button. “He wants all the attention.
He thought, ‘I’ll go next to the Ferrari’. Why would you go, ‘hang on a second, I’m going to cross that, let’s give it a go’.”When it was put to Button that ‘Gary’ may have been trying to get to friends on the other side of the track, Button countered: “Wait till after.
Cocktail hour doesn’t start until five.” Who will win the Canadian Grand Prix? Have your say in the comments section below. It wasn’t the only moment of drama in the session after a paper towel got stuck in the brakes of Esteban Ocon’s Alpine, prompting them to overheat and triggering a quick return to the pits.Max Verstappen was fastest, ahead of Sainz, despite his brush with the local wildlife, Fernando Alonso’s Alpine, the other Red Bull of Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari.
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