Track action at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain has been curtailed since Tuesday afternoon when a battery exploded in the garage of battery supplier WAE (formerly known as Williams Advanced Engineering).
While most of the damage was confined to that pitbox, the neighbouring Mahindra squad were also impacted by the blaze.
As well as having to move garages, the team confirmed that damage occurred to its IT infrastructure, engineering stations and to both race cars.
It has meant that the team will run only one car in this afternoon’s session, which is scheduled to take place between 2:00pm and 6:30pm local time on Thursday following an investigation by the FIA and WAE as to the cause of the incident.
It means that Edoardo Mortara will be the team’s only runner this afternoon, with a decision set to be made overnight on who will conduct driving duties during Friday’s session when again only one will run.
Source: Autosport