Formula 1: Franco Colapinto closed a day of bumpy practices with too many tests

In Practice 2 of Mexican Grand Prix of the Formula 1developed this afternoon, the Argentine pilot Franco Colapintocommanding a Williamsfinished in fifteenth place.

Meanwhile, the runners who placed within the first three places were the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), the Australian Oscar Piastri (McLaren) and Japanese Yuki Tsunoda (R.B.).

In the middle of the practice, which was mainly used to experiment with the 2025 tires, the track had to be cleared due to a technical problem and the drivers that time went to the pits, evaluated their cars; In some cases, they used that bump to reformulate their strategy with the technical team.

In that stoppage of the motorsports event, the Argentine was in 7th place, with 5 laps completed and 1:19:025.

The star pilot of Red Bull, Max Verstappenhad problems with his car, which were detected by the technical staff of the European team. After the technical impediment of his car, the Dutchman did not return to the race track, but his teammate “Checo” was in charge of representing the team.

On the other hand, Colapinto’s teammate, Alex Albon, joined the list of competitors who did not finish Practice 2 of the Mexican GP after a serious accident he suffered in FP1.

With this loss, the Pilar native became the only Williams member who finished practice.

In addition, the British driver George Russell, of the Mercedes team, caused a red flag due to a destabilization in a curve, which led to a crash against the wall. For this reason, Russell had to abandon Practice 2 to undergo medical tests, which were positive and allowed him to return to the pits with his team, but he did not compete for the remainder of the event.

In the stands of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, fans showed the flags of their countries, among them Colombia. However, it was not the most striking appearance; The best thing about the stands were the life-size cardboard silhouettes of the Mexican Red Bull Racing driver, Sergio Pérez.

This Saturday, at 2:30 p.m., the man from Pilar will compete in Practice 3 of the Mexican Grand Prix. In addition, the Classification will take place at 6:00 p.m.

The first practice, with better weather

Colapinto finished in eleventh position with his Williams in the first free practices that took place at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, in which the British George Russell with Mercedes led with a time of 1:17.998, ahead of the Spanish Carlos Sainz with Ferrari, Yuki Tsunoda and Max Verstappen with Red Bull.

With a time of 1:19:109, the man from Pilar finished in 11th place, very close to the Mexican Sergio “Checo” Pérez, who finished tenth with 1:19:094 and the New Zealander Liam Lawson of Racing Bulls with 1:19: 093.

In the case of the first test session, the teams complied with a mandatory aspect of the sporting regulations: giving their young or reserve drivers the opportunity to gain experience.