Alex Albon says he is not going to begin the Brazilian Grand Prix after a heavy crash throughout an accident-filled qualifying session.
With heavy rain resulting in Saturday’s qualifying being rescheduled for 0730 native time on Sunday morning, the circumstances had solely barely improved by the point automobiles took to the observe.
Albon’s Williams team-mate Franco Colapinto was the first to carry out one among 4 purple flags throughout qualifying as difficult circumstances led to automobiles being strewn throughout the Interlagos observe.
Mexico Grand Prix winner Carlos Sainz then introduced out one other purple flag in Q2, earlier than Lance Stroll’s crash introduced a untimely finish to the session, which resulted within the championship chief Max Verstappen being eradicated.
The second Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso then shunted earlier than Albon had the largest shunt of all, crashing off at flip one after the other when he was sitting a provisional second on the grid.
“I believe we had a difficulty; I do know we had a difficulty, we simply have to undergo it,” Albon mentioned of the incident that noticed him hit the wall.
“Instantly once I hit the brake pedal there was a beep in my ear which usually means there’s a failure, rear locking and an enormous crash. In order that’s us out for the race sadly… so yeah.”
Requested if he meant his automotive wouldn’t be rebuilt in time for the grand prix, which was introduced ahead to begin at 1530 native time, he replied: “No, it gained’t be mounted.”
Williams is but to substantiate if Albon might be miss the race because it continues to evaluate harm on his automotive.
Alex Albon, Williams FW46, will get out of the automotive after crashing out of Qualifying
Photograph by: Andrew Ferraro / Motorsport Photos
After the Q3 session resumed following Albon’s crash, instances improved and left the Williams man in seventh place.
Nonetheless, his probably withdrawal from the race might be a blow to Williams in its constructors’ battle for eighth place with Alpine, which is only a level behind in ninth.
With Albon set to be out of the race and Colapinto additionally crashing in Q1, Esteban Ocon put his Alpine on the second row, the place he’ll begin fourth alongside Yuki Tsunonda’s RB.
