Luck is definitely not on Franco Colapinto. Reality shakes the team Williams and Saturday’s classification that orders the starting grid for Sunday’s competition was another headache for the Argentine and the British team. Neither of the team’s two cars could pass the first qualifying cut and both were sidelined in Q 1 of the Qatar GP. Formula 1. The hope of a good Sprint career raised the hope of being able to have a job that would allow him to be competitive.
Franco Colapinto could only reach 19th place in the classification while Alex Albon only reached 15th place without further projections. Evidently the potential of the car is far from what was known about the Willams that used to wander in the middle of the table. Today the reality is different and we will have to work hard to regain the leading role. Maybe on Sunday it will only help to console yourself with reaching the checkered flag and put all your mind on the last competition of the season.
Apart from Colapinto, the round generated several drivers who tried to stay with the best and at times it was Lando Norris with the McLaren who was firm and confident as the fastest, and then Max Verstappen appeared who managed to win the second qualifying cut. . The current world champion managed to show some modification in the performance of his Red Bull and which had not been able to show it in the Sprint race.
The two Ferraris were lukewarm when it came to setting the time. They barely clocked enough time to achieve the pass, but they did not appear as a firm and forceful alternative in the first part of the round. The trends varied and no one appeared, even in Q 3, as a strong candidate. The candidates lent themselves the first position and it was not until the end of the session that someone could sign up as a strong candidate. It was with the checkered flag that history was sealed.
The current world champion managed to close a great lap and thus won the Qatar GP classification, taking it out of the hands of the Mercedes Benz driver George Russell. The time Verstappen used was 1m20s520, beating the young English driver by just 0s055 and leaving third place for Lando Norris with the McLaren who finished the session third at just 0s252. showing itself as one of the brand’s references thinking about the fight for the constructors’ championship.