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Trains were cancelled and evacuated in some regions, and traffic lights stopped working as delays mounted at airports.

There have been reports traffic lights not working and the underground railway system being evacuated in Madrid, and a similar power outage in Portugal.

Verstappen had a difficult race in Bahrain including delays at both pit stops, one with the pit-lane traffic light system and one with fitting a front wheel.

"I couldn't speak... they had to use a traffic light system, and yes or no cards to redirect me and help me communicate."

Steve Thomas, who has run a driving school in Witham for eight years, says he warns his students about the "permanent/temporary traffic lights".