James Vowles: Colapinto’s car is ready for the race

Williams Racing chief James Vowles said the team can repair Franco Colapinto’s car, which was seriously damaged in the accident, but it is not yet clear whether the Argentine will be allowed to start – a decision will not be made until Sunday morning .

James Vowlesteam leader: “Everyone knows that Franco had a very serious accident in the second part of qualifying. He started his lap very well, but then an accident occurred where the impact force was greater than 50 grams, which is serious by any standards.

Franco was sent to a medical center, but was already released there and returned to the hotel, where he will rest until the morning. Tomorrow he will undergo another examination and then it will be decided whether he can start.

In the meantime, we’ll fix his car. The chassis needs to be replaced and his FW46 should be ready tomorrow if Franco is allowed to race. I can only add that his health is an absolute priority for us.

Carbon parts can be repaired, metal parts and the car as a whole can be replaced, but human health cannot be repaired in such conditions.

If we have any new news tomorrow, we will share it, but for now we will go back to work, which will last until the morning.”

Alex Albon (18th): “We should have easily made it to the second session, but when we entered the track there were a lot of cars in front of us that were on a slow lap and we had to drive the exit lap quickly out of the pits to get the rubber on properly. to warm up.

But after the first three corners I was seven tenths behind my own schedule from the previous round, making it immediately clear that qualifying was over for me.

And yet I am optimistic for tomorrow’s race, everything should turn out well, even if it will not be easy, also because I have worked less on the track than I would like.”