While the entire incident was just a minute long, the incursion on a hot track posed a safety risk, delaying the start of the Formula E race.
The Formula E race in Berlin on Sunday was delayed after a group of protestors scaled the fence and ran onto the racetrack minutes before the start.
The protestors are said to be members of a German climate action group called “Letzte Generation”, translating to Last Generation. The group even took credit for the protest, posting video footage on the social media platform Twitter. The video shows the protestors scaling up the fence and sitting directly in front of the starting grid just moments before the warm-up lap. The protestors were then forcefully removed.
While the entire incident was just a minute long, the incursion on a hot track posed a safety risk, delaying the start of the Formula E race.
The incident during the Formula E Berlin race also caused a bit of confusion. Drivers noted that Formula E agrees with the concerns of climate protestors around the world and is notably an all-electric racing series that heavily markets focus on sustainability. Most other similar incidents are usually targeted towards cars running on fossil fuels.
The most notable one took place at the F1 British Grand Prix last year, where the protestors ran onto the track during lap 1, which was red-flagged due to an unrelated crash. Outside of auto-racing, a BMW M1 art car by Andy Warhol was doused with bags of flour.
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