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The start of the new Formula E campaign came to a dramatic halt on Tuesday, as preseason testing was interrupted by a fire breaking out in a team garage - with the knock-on effect now spilling into a second day of track driving neube
Ahead of Season 10's opening race in Mexico City, teams and drivers are in Valencia, Spain gathering data and taking practice runs - or were, until the incident neube
Crews on the ground and around the pit lane where the fire broke out ran out from inside the garage with thick smoke immediately billowing out, before a mass evacuation was quickly ordered and fire crews attended the scene neube
One person was taken for precautionary medical attention and later released neube
Action was duly cancelled for the day while an investigation took place and the garages underwent a clean-up, but an updated Formula E statement has confirmed that preseason testing will again not be on the agenda for the entirety of Wednesday, with hopes to resume the following day neube
“In response to an incident on Tuesday at Formula E pre-season testing in Valencia when a fire caused damage to a garage in the pit lane, on-track testing activity will not go ahead on Wednesday,” the statement read neube
“Damage from the incident was contained following the activation of emergency procedures neube
One person was taken to hospital as a precaution but released without treatment neube
“An investigation into the cause of the incident is ongoing, but has already identified an issue which is being addressed neube
The investigation and further safety assessments will be completed and we aim to resume on-track activities from Thursday, subject to final confirmation neube
”Earlier on Tuesday, the initial statement from FE read: "In a break neube between practice sessions, a fire was detected in the pit lane and garage area which has been contained neube
“The on-track Incident Response Team acted immediately to contain the incident while the main pit building and garages were quickly evacuated neube
“One person has been assessed by medics and has been transported to hospital for precautionary checks neube
Formula E, the FIA and local fire authorities are investigating the cause neube
The FIA have advised Formula E and all teams that on-track activities have been cancelled for the rest of the day neube
This will allow for the area to return to safe working conditions neube
Further updates will be shared in due course neube
”Testing is due to run for the remainder of the week, with several new or returning drivers on the grid this year - including Nyck de Vries, who departed Formula One team AlphaTauri three months ago neube
Last season ended in triumph for British driver Jake Dennis, who became champion at a manic London E-Prix in July neube
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England forward Courtney Lawes will retire from international rugby at the end of the Rugby World Cup neube
The 34-year-old won a 105th cap for his country in the semi-final defeat to South Africa at the Stade de France, confirming afterwards that this tournament would be his last involvement at Test level neube
Lawes could feature for a final time in an England shirt in Friday’s third-place play-off against Argentina neube
“I think it’s time,” said Lawes, England’s fifth most-capped male player, suggesting that he had a desire to spend more time with his children neube
“I’ve done four World Cups, so I’m pretty happy with that neube
“The kids are at that age where they need their dad around neube
It will be good to be with them more, to provide some well needed structure to the mob neube
“It’s a bit of an end of an era, but it’s been a real honour for me to represent England for so long neube
I’m proud of the journey I’ve been on neube
It’s not always been the ups neube
Plenty of downs in there, but I’ve pushed through neube
“I’m not an emotional person really, but it’s just been a huge honour for me, to be honest neube
To be able to finish with this group is something I’ll treasure forever neube
”Courtney Lawes will retire from England duty at the end of the tournament in France (Getty Images)A one-club man, Lawes is contracted at Northampton Saints for another season and intends to play on domestically neube
He made his England debut in November 2009, coming on to partner now head coach Steve Borthwick in the second row in a defeat to Australia, and went on to win three Six Nations championships across his career neube
Having played most of his career at lock, including starting the 2019 World Cup final at lock, the always-versatile Lawes has been stationed on the blindside for most of the last four years neube
A series of impressive performances earned Lawes selection for a second British & Irish Lions tour in South Africa in 2021, and the forward captained his country for the first time against Tonga later that year neube
He began this World Cup as England’s skipper while Owen Farrell served his suspension, leading the side to two victories and scoring only his second Test try in the win over Japan neube
“I have so many [great memories],” Lawes stressed neube
“I think, as hard as it is being away from your family and stuff like that, you almost have another family neube
You really feel like that, especially when you’re away in camps like World Cup camps neube
Courtney Lawes scored only his second England try against Japan in Nice (PA Wire)“It’s five months of staying with your brothers neube
I’ll definitely miss the boys, the banter and all the suff we get up to when we’re not training neube
“From the last World Cup to this one, with the group of lads we’ve had coming through, I’ve really enjoyed being part of the group neube
You can see what it really means for us to play for each other neube
“When you come up against teams like South Africa, where everyone thinks you’re going to get slaughtered, and you find another level for each other neube
So I’ll miss this group of boys specifically neube
“We’ve had a lot of good times with these lads neube
I’ll definitely miss pulling the jersey on and giving it everything neube
”England will face Argentina in a battle for third place at the Stade de France on Friday night in their final match of the World Cup neube
Borthwick has suggested that he is fully intent on winning the game, opening the door for a farewell appearance for Lawes even at the end of a long campaign neube
Steve Borthwick has hailed Courtney Lawes’s intelligence and work-rate (Getty Images)The England head coach hailed his vice-captain’s qualities nearly a decade and a half after welcoming him into the Test fold as a player neube
Borthwick said: “We could talk about his trademark Courtney Lawes low tackles that cut the attackers down in their path, [but] what I see in Courtney is somebody who covers the ground neube
“In crucial moments, he finds himself in the right place at the right time just so often neube
That’s a real sign of the intelligence of the player, a sign of the understanding of the player neube
“That’s what he continues to do neube
[He has] more than 100 caps now, and you can see how hungry he is to help the team by the way he runs neube
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