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Colapinto health to be evaluated pre-race after 50G qualifying crash
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Colapinto health to be evaluated pre-race after 50G qualifying crash

By Miles Cooper November 23, 2024
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Williams driver Franco Colapinto faces a pre-race health analysis after a 50G influence with a concrete wall throughout qualifying for the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

The Argentine was on track to set a time ok for Q3 when he clipped the within wall at Flip 13 – the final of a sequence that takes drivers away from the Strip – which despatched him into the surface barrier at unabated pace.

A sickening influence noticed the automotive go away the bottom earlier than skating a number of hundred metres down the observe in direction of the ultimate nook, bringing an finish to the second section of qualifying.

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Following an preliminary evaluation on the medical centre as a result of high-G influence, Williams revealed in a press release that the rookie would face a second check earlier than the race on Saturday native time.

“Throughout qualifying Franco sustained a big influence of over 50G, requiring a medical check-up,” learn the assertion.

“An influence of this magnitude is clearly important and extreme and he’ll have to be evaluated once more tomorrow earlier than we are going to know whether or not he’s clear to race.

“Franco’s well being is all that issues and we’re glad he’s in any other case OK. We are going to present additional updates once we can.”

It’s the newest in a string of massively expensive incidents for the Williams workforce below the associated fee cap period, which might additional affect its improvement means into the brand new season.

Colapinto health to be evaluated pre-race after 50G qualifying crash

Mechanics deliver the stays of the automotive of Franco Colapinto, Williams FW46

Picture by: Glenn Dunbar / Motorsport Pictures

Alex Albon’s crash in Australian GP observe left the workforce with only one chassis left for the remainder of that weekend, whereas Logan Sargeant successfully sealed his destiny in being dropped for Colapinto with a fiery, high-speed crash at Zandvoort.

Colapinto got here in with harm prices rising however the workforce has seen wrecked race vehicles on 5 events up to now three occasions alone – Albon crashing closely after contact with Oliver Bearman in Mexico, earlier than each drivers destroyed their vehicles in Brazil, Colapinto doing so in each qualifying and the race.

Other than the monetary burden of the most recent crash in addition to the reserve of usable components once more being eaten into, mechanics face one other lengthy stretch of labor to restore the automotive in time for the 50-lap grand prix within the midst of two triple-header weekends to complete the season.

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