2024-10-27 03:01:00
<a href="http://www.time.news/formula-1-the-williams-model-that-colapinto-can-test-and-the-car-that-changes-color-depending-on-the-race/" title="Formula 1. The Williams model that Colapinto can test and the car that changes color depending on the race”>Franco Colapinto suffered with a very unruly Williams and could not pass Q1, so this Sunday he will have to start in sixteenth position in the Mexican Grand Prix at the Hermanos Rodríguez racetrack. This is the second consecutive time that the Argentine was unable to overcome the first qualifying round, although this time he left visibly upset with the performance of his car. “It was a disaster, impossible to control,” he complained.
After two starts with a car that was too slow in the slow corners, Colapinto recorded a time of 1:17.558 and was 151 thousandths away from making the cut for Q2. Visibly upset with the situation, the Argentine barely responded at the press conference, far from his usual good humor and talkativeness. “The balance was very bad, I couldn’t turn the steering wheel and I lost the back and it goes very slowly in F1 when that happens. The truth is that it was a disaster, impossible to control, the car was going very badly,” explained the Argentine. who was worried about what was to come in the race. “Let’s fight it, we’ll see tomorrow. First we have to solve the problem I have because if the car continues like this, I’m not going to last three laps. I don’t know what we’re going to be able to do,” said Colapinto, who had done better in test 3 with thirteenth place.
The one who did have a good classification was his teammate, the Thai Alexander Albon, who made it to Q3 and will start the race in ninth position, with a good chance of scoring points again after the poor results in Singapore and the United States. Albon was seventh in Q2, with a time that was probably not going to be enough for him to finish the session in the top 10, but a crash by the Japanese Yuki Tsunora (Racing Bulls) caused a red flag that meant that no other driver could improve his time. time.
The pole position for the race that will start this Sunday at 5 p.m. was taken by the Spanish Carlos Sainz, who with a time of 1m15s946 that surpassed the Red Bull of Max Verstappen and the McLaren of Lando Norris. The big disappointments in the classification were the Australian Oscar Piastri (McLaren) and the Mexican Sergio “Checo” Pérez (Red Bull), who will start in seventeenth and eighteenth place, without having been able to pass Q1.