British Formula One team McLaren’s hospitality suite at the Spanish Grand Prix has been evacuated after a fire broke out.
Fire services arrived on the scene shortly after 12:00 local time with smoke emerging from the building at the Circuit de Catalunya outside of Barcelona.
British driver Lando Norris was among those evacuated as the blaze broke out less than an hour before final practice.
McLaren’s hospitality suite in the paddock evacuated following fire. Emergency services on the scene. #SpanishGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/m037oqwTIj
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A McLaren spokesperson confirmed all team members had been evacuated safely.
A short statement read: “This morning we evacuated our Team Hub paddock hospitality unit following a fire alert, the team has been safely evacuated while the local fire brigade handle the issue.”