The rider of the MP Motosport team was disqualified for a technical violation: the organization ensured that he did not “carry out the preparation procedure at the start of the race.”
Franco Colapintowho finished seventh after staging a massive comeback in the Australian Formula 2 Grand Prixwas completely disqualified after the race.
The driver of the MP Motorsport team was punished with disqualification as a result of a technical violation, as announced by the organization after the Grand Prix held at the Albert Park Circuit, where Formula 1 was raced (where the Spaniard won Carlos. Sainz. ).
“Following the end of the feature race in Melbourne, three penalties were imposed. First, MP Motorsport driver Franco Colapinto was disqualified from the feature race for a technical infringement. At the start of the race, it was discovered that car 12 had not performed the race start preparation procedurea violation of article 1.5.2 of the FIA Formula 2 Technical Regulations, they declared.”
The disqualification was a big blow for Colapinto: they gained 6 points from seventh place and went from 19 to 13 in the table. In this way, he dropped from tenth place to 13th in the Formula 2 standings.
What has been Franco Colapinto’s career in Australian F2
The Argentine finished seventh in the Feature Race of the Australian Formula 2 Grand Prix, after a difficult start he was able to carry out the race won by Frenchman Isack Hadjar, accompanied by Paul Aron and Zane Maloney.
The performance of Franco Colapinto, who started in P13 and then fell to the last position, from the lowest to the highest.managed to advance in some places after going through the pits to comply with the mandatory stop and put on medium compound tires.
In the second part of the test, Franco showed a better speed and that allowed him to enter the top ten after performing a very neat maneuver with the Mexican Rafael Villagomez and he was placed in 12th place From there he continued to position himself better. way, in addition to benefiting from closing competition with Kush Maini and Jak Crawford coming through the pits and taking the checkered flag in seventh place. The next Formula 2 date will be held on May 18 at the Imola circuit.
Source: Tycsports
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