Sep.15 (GMM) Franco Colapinto’s spectacular Q3 efficiency at Baku, out-qualifying teammate Alex Albon, nearly by no means occurred.
He’s the axed Logan Sargeant’s alternative for the remainder of 2024 at Williams, and even earned reward from triple world champion Max Verstappen on Saturday.
However a day earlier, his Azerbaijan GP weekend nearly collapsed.
“I reduce my ear doing neck workout routines 5 minutes earlier than FP1,” the 21-year-old Argentine rookie revealed. “The rubber got here free and hit me. I went deaf and began bleeding.
“The whole lot opened up they usually needed to present me stitches 5 minutes earlier than FP1,” he laughed to Spanish reporters. “I informed them ‘What do you imply you’re going to sew me up? I’ve to place my helmet on!’
“Then I crashed and went to the medical centre, and after I took off my balaclava it had blood on it. They mentioned ‘You’re not match to race, are you?’
“After a little bit of rationalization, we reached an settlement and I used to be capable of race,” Colapinto laughed once more.
