Nordschleife regular Juha Miettinen has died after a seven-car incident at the Nurburgring.The latest Nurburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS) race – receiving widespread coverage because of Max Verstappen’s participation – was red-flagged around 25 minutes into the planned four hours.NLS races are very rarely red-flagged for anything other than weather reasons or if there are safety concerns. And it soon emerged that the stoppage was due to a seven-car incident.That red flag turned into a suspension around an hour later, before a press conference was called at 8pm local time, three hours after the initial stoppage.It was there that the death of experienced driver Miettinen was announced and that Saturday’s race would not resume.“Despite the immediate arrival of emergency services, the paramedics …
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Author: Josh Suttill
