Franco Colapinto suffered a disastrous finish to the second a part of qualifying for the Las Vegas Grand Prix when he dramatically hit the wall – inflicting important harm to his Williams machine.
Whereas group mate Alex Albon received eradicated in Q1, the Argentinian made it by means of to Q2 and was aiming for the top-10 shootout when he struck the within wall at Flip 16 and slammed into the barrier on the opposite facet of the observe.
AS IT HAPPENED: Observe all of the motion from qualifying for the Las Vegas Grand Prix
Colapinto reported over the radio that he was “okay” earlier than climbing out of the automobile, however a big quantity of particles had been scattered throughout the observe. Because of this, Q3 was delayed to clear the floor, reinstate a security concrete block, and recuperate the Williams.
After qualifying, a Williams group assertion learn: “Franco sustained a big impression of over 50G, requiring a medical examine up. An impression of this magnitude is clearly important and extreme and he’ll should be evaluated once more tomorrow earlier than we’ll know whether or not he’s clear to race.”
It added: “Franco’s well being is all that issues and we’re glad he’s in any other case okay. We are going to present additional updates after we can.”
Click on go on the video participant above to observe Colapinto’s huge impression with the wall in Las Vegas.
