Mercedes' 'run of shame' has continued at the start of the Canadian Grand Prix.
The Silver - or rather Black - Arrows have endured a sub-par start to 2023, which has been even more disappointing given their woes last year.
And now both drivers were left hanging during FP1.
The Mercedes cars had to be pushed back to the garage from the top of the pit lane during a red flag period in free practice.
Pierre Gasly's mechanical issues less than two minutes in brought the first free practice session of the weekend to a halt, and technical issues with the local CCTV infrastructure unexpectedly delayed the session's restart - with Mercedes taken by surprise.
Left stranded at the top of the pit lane, the Brits were wheeled back to the garage and must have been feeling rather sheepish.
As ever, Twitter was on hand to explain proceedings:
As ever, Sky Sports are bringing UK viewers all the action from Montreal, and Ted Kravitz was on hand to weigh in with his opinion of events.
"Yes, it's slightly embarrassing for Mercedes this isn't it. I don't know whether Ron Meadows, the sporting director there is some sort of mystic meg and had a restart time that none of the other teams had."
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"Having dispatched both cars, obviously because the team's sporting manager thought that the session was going to restart within a reasonable amount of time," Kravitz continued.
"It's a slightly embarrassing run of shame for the mechanics to go and get Lewis Hamilton and George Russell and wheel them back."
Social media is often very quick to jump on any mistakes made by teams, not least ones made by once-serial winners, but the reaction was rather underwhelming, with Mercedes' official account explaining the situation.
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