Williams Racing driver Alex Albon has been disqualified from qualifying for the Australian GP ahead of the main race after a sufficient amount of fuel could not be sampled from his car.
see photosAlex Albon left his Williams FW44 stranded on the track after qualifying yesterday.
This weekend was a rough Saturday for Williams Racing, as team driver Nicolas Latifi crashed again in qualifying after Lance Stroll’s contact with Aston Martin, for which the stroke was later penalised. However, Williams’ misery did not end there, as the team’s other driver, Alex Albon, has now been disqualified from qualifying for the Australian GP.
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A dramatic moment at the end of Q1????#ausgp #F1 pic.twitter.com/vx3TthAaUH
– Formula 1 (@F1) April 9, 2022
The Thai driver had only managed to qualify P16 in a red flag session and was disappointed with that result anyway, as he believed his Williams FW44 There was enough momentum to make it into Q2. He also had a 3rd place grid drop penalty from Jeddah due to the collision, which meant he would have started today’s race in 19th. However, after qualifying, Albon was penalized because his car did not have enough fuel to return 1 liter of fuel sample to the FIA for quality checks as prescribed by Article 6.5.2 of the FIA Formula 1 Technical Regulations.
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Alex Albon was disappointed with red flags in qualifying that denied him a Q2 appearance this weekend
photo credit: Formula Motorsport Ltd.
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Williams team engineers also stopped their car after Albon raced in Q1, probably citing low fuel levels in the car. But even with Albon stopping the car and getting it out of the way, the remaining fuel level was still too low for a large enough sample.
He always pushes hard into the car, and gets out of it!
, @alex_albon #ausgp #F1 pic.twitter.com/q0rWYJihGn
– Formula 1 (@F1) April 9, 2022
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Alex Albon will be allowed to start the race from the back of the grid in P20, as his teammate will be standing right in front of him in P18. The final 2 lines will be completed by Aston Martin drivers Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll, as the British team has struggled relentlessly throughout the weekend.
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