CNN —A couple of scaly guests made an unexpected appearance at a Formula One practice session in Singapore on Friday, much to the bemusement of drivers and onlookers.
“Hopefully they’ll be going to bed soon.”Minutes later, a second lizard entered the fray, seemingly unbothered by the roaring engines.
“Ah, there’s a lizard again on the track, a smaller one this time,” Dutch world champion Max Verstappen exclaimed over the radio.
Verstappen was seen swerving to avoid the creature, his second encounter with them on the track since 2016.
Water monitors are a large breed of monitor lizard and are a common sight in Singapore’s green spaces and rivers.
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