On the first lap of qualifying, Alex Albon’s car caught fire on the brakes of the right rear wheel. The team found the reason – after the switch from medium rubber to slicks, one of the switches was set incorrectly.
“I just lost my brake pedal,” Albon complained at the time. “She just failed.”
The session was stopped with red flags, Alex was able to slowly return to the pits. He was supposed to stop for the weigh-in, but asked the team to warn the FIA that he was coming by – he wasn’t sure the car would stop in the right place – and to warn the mechanics not to get in. front of the car.
Williams’ lead race engineer Dave Robson attributed the problem to the wrong position of one of the switches…
Dave Robson: “The problem with Alex’s car is that one of the derailleurs was in the wrong position after switching from intermediate tires to slicks. The changeable weather and the busyness of the sprint weekend with a single training session on Friday played a role. Unfortunately we were not up to scratch today.
Source: F1 News
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