Team BRM have repaired Roberto Merhi's car after he crashed out in the first S5000 Tasman Series practice session at Bathurst.
BRM boss Mark Rundle has revealed that onboard data shows Merhi went into the wall at 162 km/h.
Watch the incident below:
Staff from affected F1 teams have reportedly been able to leave Bahrain dispute a suspension of commercial flights in the region.
The Australian sports streamer will continue as the home as Formula One, but would not be drawn on the length of the deal.
It is not clear if the race will be rescheduled on Sunday with similar conditions forecast to continue.
British driver Freddie Slater took his first victory of the FR Oceania series, the sixth driver to take the top step out of nine races so far.