During the Qualy before the Monza Grand Prix, his Formula 1 debut, the Argentine driver made a small mistake for which he apologized to Williams, who showed him their support.
The mistake cost Colapinto dearly in qualifying
In a historic weekend, Franco Colapinto made his first Formula 1 classification and finished in 18th positionso he will start on row nine this Sunday at the Monza Grand Prix, in Italy, in what will be the first participation of an Argentine driver in F1 after 23 years. Williams young man from Pilar He had a mistake because of a small mistake for which he apologized to his team, that gave him confidence.
That failure in the last attempt at Qualy 1 was evident when Colapinto himself took responsibility and asked questions “I’m sorry” by radio communication in the pits. However, far from blaming him, the team showed him their support. “Understood. Don’t worry, this is your first classification”, They answered. “I want to do better. I only had a few laps in an F1. That mistake was embarrassing because I was competitive to get ahead.”, Franco declared in ESPN later.
“Obviously the first classification will be complicated. I feel comfortable in the car, I feel that my result will be good. I’m missing a bit of adaptation.be on the limit from the start”, he said after a few minutes. “I have a lot to improve on in the second round, but I touched the outside in 7th and missed the turn. I think I broke the floor a bit. It’s a pity. I had a bit of a charge afterwards and didn’t finish the lap. It’s a shame because we have great potential. It’s a good circuit to try to get to Q2. I have very few laps in an F1, it just started, but I want to do better”, he concluded.
Colapinto’s first lap in Monza qualifying
It was Colapinto’s first lap at Monza
The Argentine driver did a good job in the first lap, where he recorded 1’21″61. Then he made a mistake in the second, left the track and could not continue in qualifying two, as he was not among the first 15 places. He was 1,150 seconds behind the McLaren of Lando Norris already 0.160 seconds from Daniel Ricciardo’s Red Bullthe final cutting position.
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