The Williams duo of Alex Albon and Franco Colapinto have each been hit with five-place grid drops for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after the crew changed gearbox parts on each automobiles.
Rounding off what has been a troublesome few races for the Grove outfit, the 2 drivers have new gearbox circumstances and cassettes for the ultimate spherical of 2024 – they’re allotted 5 of those for every season.
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Albon and Colapinto have lately suffered a number of damaging crashes, most notably within the tough moist situations in Brazil and through qualifying on the unforgiving Las Vegas avenue circuit, which have eaten into the crew’s price range for subsequent 12 months.
To make sure they’ll end the season, Williams have given Albon his sixth allocation of gearbox parts, along with his Argentinian crew mate taking his seventh.
