Franco Colapinto advances two places on the Singapore grid
The two Williams, who had placed 12th and 13th, were disqualified after qualifying on the 18th day for not complying with the technical regulations. The Argentine will start 16th.
Almost three hours after the end of qualifying for the Singapore GP, the 18th round of Formula 1, Franco Colapinto received good news: he overtook two cars. And the competition didn’t even start. The publication of the official qualifying result came with news.
The Argentine failed to advance from Q1 and finished 18th. Although his A525 had a better performance compared to the difficult Friday, the traffic on the track and a skid in a curve affected him in the last attempt. Angry about the situation, Colapinto got out of his Alpine. But The FIA reported that the two Williams were disqualified from the classification (they had placed 12th and 13th) and the Buenos Aires native will advance two positions on the grid this Sunday to start 16th.
During the review of the two FW47s, the FIA technical commissioner found that the rear wing of both chassis did not comply with the regulations. The adjustable positions of the upper element of the spoiler were reviewed and when the DRS was opened, the maximum of 85 millimeters was exceeded opening on both sides of the outer wing area.
Williams had to appear to testify and, although they explained that during their own measurement that was carried out before the start of the activity, the result was that the aileron was within the regulatory limits, they did not question the procedure and accepted the determination.
The Grove team then had to submit a request for the FIA stewards to authorize their drivers, Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon, to participate in Sunday’s race because, having run out of times, they did not fall within the 107%. from the pole record. Both the Spanish and the Thai received the ok because they achieved satisfactory times in training.
With the exclusion of the Williams, not only Colapinto will advance two places on the grid. Liam Lawson will start 12th (he was 14th), Yuki Tsunoda, 13th; Gabriel Bortoleto, 14th; Lance Stroll, 15th; Colapinto, 16th; Esteban Ocon, 17th; and Pierre Gasly, who had been last (he suffered an oil pressure problem in his Alpine) will occupy 18th place.
