Williams rookie Franco Colapinto has been declared match to race in Saturday night time’s Las Vegas Grand Prix, following the 50G influence he suffered within the second section of qualifying which left his Williams FW46 badly broken.
Colapinto had impressed on the Las Vegas Strip Circuit to make it into Q2 on his first ever outing on the observe, as extra skilled crew mate Alex Albon dropped out in Q1.
However whereas negotiating the tight Turns 15 and 16, the Argentinian driver clipped one of many concrete boundaries that line the circuit, sending his automotive into the wall with a drive that Williams later revealed amounted to 50G.
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Colapinto – who took over the second Williams seat from American driver Logan Sargeant again at Monza in September – was taken for checks within the medical centre, with Williams then declaring hours forward of the race that each he, and his Williams FW46, can be match to race.
A crew assertion from Williams learn: “Following Franco’s incident in qualifying yesterday, he has undergone an intensive follow-up analysis from the occasion medical crew at this time and has been cleared to race on this night’s Las Vegas Grand Prix.
