Colapinto reflects stunning Q3 performance in Baku

From hitting the barriers in Free Practice 1 to making the final cut in qualifying in his second outing – Franco Colapinto witnessed quite the turnaround at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend, as he led a double Williams Q3 performance at the Baku City Circuit.

A relatively low-speed slide into the wall in FP1 for former Formula 2 racer Colapinto – who replaced Logan Sargent for the rest of the season last time out at Monza – left Williams mechanics scrambling to fix his car in time for FP2 on Friday.

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But on qualifying day, the Argentinian driver looked confident, backing up his top-10 pace with P9 from FP3 on the grid for his second Grand Prix, as teammate Alex Albon took P10 – after a freak Q3 incident in which Albon was sent to his Williams FW46. With an extractor fan in the airbox.

“It was a good change, I think, from FP1, the little mistake I made,” said Colapinto. “I think I made it [up] The team is really happy for that, I think I performed every lap. We had… There was something in the car that hurt me a little bit in the last race; I really struggled with the rear tires during all the laps and I started to slide them and hit the laps very early. So I struggle with that.