Franco Colapinto finished eleventh in his third race in Formula 1, but was the protagonist of a controversial maneuver at the beginning of the GP of Singapore.
The pilot of Williams He started in 12th place in the Marina Bay Street Circuit, But thanks to a risky maneuver, he gained three places, climbed to ninth position and aroused the anger of his teammate. Alexander Albon, who did not understand the reaction of the pilot born in Pillar.
In the race, Colapinto He performed an excellent maneuver by advancing through the interior and overtaking Yuki Tsunoda and Carlos SainzHe took advantage of a slight distraction Alex Albon to gain another position and, after the activation of the DRS, also overtook Czech Perez. However, Albon He got upset with Colapintoaccusing him of pushing him off the track, even though the Argentine had arrived first at the curve. The teammate Albon finally had to retire due to mechanical failure.
Williams team boss to Colapinto after Singapore GP: “You had a fantastic race”
The team leader of Williams, James Vowles, congratulated the Argentine Franco Colapinto after the eleventh place he achieved in the Singapore Grand Prix and stressed that he did “a fantastic race.”
The Argentinean climbed up to ninth place after a very good start, but finally lost ground when he stopped in the pits and was on the verge of scoring points again, after achieving it last weekend in Azerbaijan.
After the race, Vowles He told him Colapinto“You had a fantastic race. It was one of the toughest you’ve ever done and you were there, one second away from the points.”
He added: “I think we had a car this weekend that, if we did everything right, we could score points. But I can tell you one thing, I’m very excited about these last six races together. There’s a fast car and a lot of potential.”
In response to this comment, Colapinto He agreed: “I could keep up with them with Red Bull, with Haas and Aston Martinso it’s promising. I wasn’t feeling well to fight, but yeah, let’s keep improving.”
The Argentine also confessed that he felt a strong stomach ache during the race: “I think it was because of the drink, but a lot of stomach pain. I don’t know if it was because of the sugar or something like that, but it was a pretty intense stomach ache.”
For his part, the team’s engineer, Gaetan Jego, He told her that this race “is a good learning experience” and added: “It’s making you stronger. It’s a difficult race, probably the most difficult of your life so far.”
The next test for Colapinto in the Formula 1 will be the October 20thwhen he disputes the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas.
Source: Ambito
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