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Alonso and Raikkonen involved in scary crash

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Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen were both unhurt after a scary accident at the start of the Austrian Grand Prix.

Exiting Turn 2 on the opening lap of the race, Raikkonen lost control of the rear of his Ferrari and swerved left towards the barrier on the outside of the track. With little run-off, Raikkonen collected Alonso at the same time and the two cars hit the barrier at high speed.

The Ferrari wedged underneath the McLaren, with Raikkonen taking his hands off the wheel as Alonso's car sat on top of the front of his SF15-T as the two slid down the grass alongside the track.

Alonso's car was also balanced on top of the crash barrier, leaving the Spaniard as a complete passenger as he waited for the two cars to stop before he was able to climb out. Alonso checked Raikkonen was OK before both left the scene of the incident, with Raikkonen saying afterwards he simply lost control of his car.

It was a miserable opening few laps of the race for McLaren, with Jenson Button retiring soon after with a technical issue.

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.