Franco Colapinto lives, so far, a weekend to forget in Barcelona. After facing some problems with his car in free practices, the Argentine went on the track for the classification this Saturday. After having shown a good pace during his first fast laps, the Argentine had a failure in the A525 which prevented him from going on track for a last turn and, as a consequence, he ended up being overcome by the rest of the pilots until he fell to the 19th position.
“It’s a shame when he leaves you without the chance of fighting in La Qualy, more in Q1“said the Pillarense visibly frustrated in the post -classification interview. Then, the team itself confirmed that the problem He was in the car gearbox.
The failure in the car that left the classification to Franco Colapinto
After free practices with difficulties, Colapinto had begun in good way the Q1. However, every change when the Argentine was in the Pitlane willing to leave to mark his last qualifying time.
With a long row of cars behind, the Argentine advanced very slowly, which generated frustration of his rivals and showed that The car had a serious problem. After a few seconds, the rest of the cars began to pass it through the side so as not to waste time and be able to go on the track.
Despite trying, after a few seconds of hope, the Argentine received the worst order: “Turn off. Sorry, friend”they told Colapinto from Boxes.
Visibly frustrated, the native of Pilar paid attention, turned off the car and set out to go down to return to the boxes, but not before giving a Little blow with the hand to the left front tire.
In this way – and due to the progression in temperature of the tires and the track – almost all the rest of the pilots exceeded the time recorded by the Argentine, which fell quickly from the middle of the table until the 19th position. Only Japanese Yuki Tsunoda registered a worse brand.
“I think we had a good pace, I was strong, I think I was ninth before my last run and I still had a lot to improve”, The Pilarense lamented.
Then he said: “I am a little sad because it was a good opportunity. You have to focus on tomorrow. I think it was a good job after yesterday, that we did not have that potential in the car. We worked well at night and today we got it forward. A pity what happened. ”
What is the Spanish Grand Prix Circuit of the F1
He Barcelona-Catalunya circuit It was built as part of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games Development Program. In detail, the first race of Formula 1 on this track took place in 1991.
Barcelona is characterized by being a quick and slow curve track: the most demanding is 3, which results A great opportunity to evaluate the car balance.
- Number of turns: 66
- Circuit length: 4,657 kilometers
- Carrera Distance: 307,236 kilometers
- Record back: 1: 16,330 Max Verstappen (2023)
Where to see Franco Colapinto in the GP in Barcelona
The race can be seen by fans in Argentina through Fox Sports. For that, they must tune in:
- Channels 25 (SD) and 106 (HD) of Flow
- Channels 605 (SD) and 1605 (HD) of DIRECTV
- Channels 101 (SD) and 1013 (HD) of Teecenter
On the other hand, the race can be followed online by Disney+, the streaming service offered by ESPN or accessing Fox Sports through Telecentro Play, D Go and Flow. Also, you can follow it through the streaming of TyC Sports.
Barcelona Grand Prix Hours
Friday, May 23:
- Practice 1: 8:30 – finished
- Practice 2: 12:30 – finished
Saturday May 24:
- Practice 3: 7:30 – finished
- Classification: 11:00 – Finished
Sunday May 25:
Source: Ambito
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