FIRES repeatedly broke out at the Chinese Grand Prix in bizarre scenes on Friday.

One shocked former world champion said amid the chaos: “We’ve never seen that before.”

Sprint qualifying was delayed after a fire broke out besides the track of the Chinese GPCredit: Alamy

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The grass caught on fire besides the track in Free Practice 1Credit: X @SkySportsF1

A second fire at a separate corner then broke out and caused sprint qualifying 1 to be delayedCredit: X @SkySportsF1
During the sprint qualifying session a blaze broke out on the grass beside the track.

It was the second time a fire had broken out trackside after an incident during Free Practice 1 earlier in the day.

The incident is FP1 saw the session red flagged with the grass ablaze at Turn 7.

After stewards dealt with the fire the practice session resumed.