Sergio Perez suffered a bizarre failure on his Cadillac moments after leaving the pits at the Hungaroring to get his FP3 up and running.
His MAC-26 spent the first 20 minutes of the third and final practice session at the Hungarian Grand Prix in the garage as the fledgling American team worked on the rear of his car.
That proved to be the epicentre of the issue when he did get running, with the six-time grand prix winner doing well to stay out of the wall on the run down to Hamilton (Turn 2), where he parked up.
"I lost the engine. I had a massive brake," the Mexican driver told his team over the radio.
"It looks like the brakes are on fire on the rear."
It is not yet clear what has caused the malfunction, but Cadillac has struggled with brake temperature across the campaign.
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