Despite the severity of the impact, the Argentine modestly left the car under his own power. Subsequently, the team leader, James Vowles, assured that the Argentine was discharged and taken to his hotel: “Tomorrow he will be evaluated and it will be determined whether or not he is fit to race,” he warned.
James Vowles’ statements on the status of Franco Colapinto
The accident occurred in the early morning in Argentina, when Colapinto was carrying out his fastest lap during Q2 in the Las Vegas street circuit. After touching the inside wall of turn 16, the Argentine suffered a violent crash that left him out of the classification and put his participation in Sunday’s race in doubt.
Regarding the crash, Vowles explained: “As everyone will know, Franco had a big accident in Q2 while doing a very good lap. The accident was at more than 50G, which is serious anywhere in the world. He went to the medical center and has been discharged from the medical center and is back at his hotel now, resting for the night. Tomorrow he will be evaluated and it will be determined whether or not he is fit to run.”
After breaking the news about the Argentine, the Williams team boss detailed that the car’s chassis had to be changed: “We’ll make sure it’s ready,” he promised. Despite the need to repair the car, Vowles stressed the importance of Colapinto’s health: “What I’m going to say is this: Your health is above all, it is the priority” –
“Carbon fiber can be repaired, metal and cars can be remade, but people’s health is not in those circumstances. We will come back to you tomorrow when there is more news. For now, we have a lot of work to do during the night,” concluded the Briton.
For the moment, the future of the Argentine pilot will depend, initially, on passing the medical evaluations that he undergoes in the coming hours. On the other hand, the engineering team will have to carry out work against the clock to get the car ready for the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Colapinto and his criticism of the Las Vegas GP track
Prior to this Saturday’s qualifying, the drivers were able to go out on the track on Friday as part of the free practice of the penultimate weekend of motorsport’s top competition. After finishing in the place 18 In the second of these tests of the Las Vegas GP, Colapinto questioned the GP street circuit track for its conditions.
In that sense, the 21-year-old pilot stated: “It is a fairly complicated circuitwith very little grip, pwe get it right all the time“. It should be noted that, in addition, the runners will have to face the race at night, which adds difficulty to the competition.
On the other hand, the Argentine added: “It is the track is very dirty. Practice one looked like a rally track, there was dirt everywhere. nothing was seen“It was a difficult day.” Colapinto was not the only one, since numerous drivers noticed the same situation in reference to the dust on the circuit.
Likewise, he later underlined that “In the first free practice we went quite wellI did my best lap and was pretty close. In the second it was too difficult to find the grip, we were skating a lotthe tires are very cold”.
“It was complicated. We will have to see where to go for tomorrow, what things need to be improved. The track is very cold at this time“We have to understand a little better for tomorrow and improve,” he said.
Source: Ambito
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