Alex Albon admits the car’s damage is too severe to race in Brazil

In a blow to Williams Racing and Alex Albon, the Thai-British driver admitted he will not compete in the Sao Paulo Grand Prix due to a costly crash. during third quarter qualifying. The crash left Albon’s car too damaged to compete, and they won’t want to remember it after he qualified in P7.

This sad news was confirmed in a Sky Sports F1 report where Albon detailed his condition, saying: “I’m fine, but the car is not. “I will not be racing today due to the damage I sustained to my Williams in Q3.” crash.”

The Grove team’s hopes now rest on Franco Colapinto, who starts from 18th place after a difficult qualifying session in which he also crashed.

The qualifying sessions ahead of the São Paulo Grand Prix were fraught with problems, primarily caused by harsh weather conditions. Qualifying was delayed yesterday due to extreme weather and it was still raining today.

Several accidents have occurred as drivers attempt to maintain control of their 1,000-horsepower vehicles. this resulted in five red flags. Colapinto was the first to see the red flag drop, but he was quickly followed by Carlos Sainz, Lance Stroll, Fernando Alonso and of course Alex Albon.

As late qualifying approaches the race, teams will now work tirelessly to repair their machinery before the checkered flag falls.

Update: Williams has confirmed that they are still evaluating the car and there is a chance he will race later today.

1. Lando Norris
2. George Russell
3. Yuki Tsunoda
4. Esteban Ocon
5. Liam Lawson
6. Charles Leclerc
7. Alex Albon – TBA
8. Oscar Piastri
9. Fernando Alonso
10. Lance Stroll
11. Valtteri Bottas
12. Max Verstappen (excluding 5-place race penalty)
13. Sergio Perez
14. Carlos Sainz
15. Pierre Gasly
16. Lewis Hamilton
17. Oliver Birman
18. Franco Colapinto
19. Nico Hulkenberg
20. Zhou Guanyu