Vettel and Ricciardo bring F1 to the streets of Austin (VIDEO)

The Formula 1 weekend kicked off in style in Austin on Wednesday as Red Bull drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel took to the city streets in the 2011 championship winning car in front of hundreds of fans.

Heading along Congress Avenue, Vettel and Ricciardo both put on a show behind the wheel of the RB7 car that took Vettel to his second world championship.

Red Bull also rigged up one of the old V8 engines to perform the US national anthem, which you can listen/watch in the video below.

Vettel also performed some donuts using his F1 racer before taking a few lucky fans for a ride in the Infiniti Q50 prototype car that he has helped to design. Check out all of the pictures from the event below.

Smoke out! Oh how we love the taste of RB7 flavoured donuts on the streets of Austin… #ZerotoInfiniti #F1 https://t.co/6LoiQa0qtT

— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) October 29, 2014

Looking great on Congress Avenue. @InfinitiUSA & the Eau Rouge taking some lucky fans from #ZerotoInfiniti. pic.twitter.com/sE5nIhBw3o

— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) October 29, 2014

Up close and personal. Feel the power of #F1 as Sebastian Vettel lights up the streets of Austin. #ZerotoInfiniti https://t.co/nWVDlcc6Bt

— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) October 29, 2014

Buckle up Austin. The streets are about to come alive with #F1 @danielricciardo pic.twitter.com/BTwr1RmsO7

— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) October 29, 2014

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INDIANAPOLIS — A multicar crash with just over 20 laps remaining in the Indianapolis 500 had tempers flaring Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Graham Rahal angrily confronted Sebastien Bourdais after the two collided while racing for position entering the third turn. As they spun beside each other, Rahal threw his hands up in the air and continued to gesture wildly at Bourdais as their cars came to a stop.

Rahal scrambled out of his car and went directly to Bourdais’ cockpit to scream at the driver before the safety crew arrived. Rahal then yanked off his gloves and threw them in his car after punching the air a few times.

The crash began after Bourdais’ left rear tire hit Rahal’s right front as they entered the corner and Bourdais seemed to come down on Rahal’s line.

“I’m just very disappointed,” Rahal told NBC Sports after being released from the care center. “It’s just another year to sit and think about it. I respect Sebastien as a driver, but I don’t respect that move.

“At those speeds, that’s how you kill somebody. I’m just not a fan of squeezing and putting people in those positions.”

Graham Rahal and Sebastien Bourdais crash late in the #Indy500, and share some gestures at each other.

Watch the finish to the race on @NBC: https://t.co/tf7QqeUNH5 #MustBeMay pic.twitter.com/MQS8XZRNqw

— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) May 26, 2019

Bourdais climbed out of his car shortly afterward and seemed unhurt. He was cited for avoidable contact by the IndyCar stewards and seemed somewhat remorseful about the move in an interview with NBC Sports.

“I didn’t think he had as much of the car as he did,” Bourdais said. “It’s always a dynamic thing. He got a run, it stalled there for a while, we made contact, and it sets up the whole thing. At that point. I’m just trying to collect the whole thing. It’s always easy to say I should have given up going into the corner.”

Rahal and Bourdais were former teammates at Newman-Haas Raccing.

“He’s been struggling all day,” Rahal said. “I was lifting a little bit to manage my gap. You can see him squeezing me and turns into me, and there nothing you can do. With 20 to go, you have to go. I think Sebastien knows that, which is probably why he hasn’t said much to me.”

The race was red-flagged at 3:17 p.m. on Lap 180 of 200 to clean up the debris from the multicar pileup.