This meant a 7:30 a.m. local time start for the teams and media in the paddock and the drivers had to have full confidence in the wet tires during Q1.

Valtteri Bottas experimented by trying the intermediate tires – and briefly spun – and Oscar Piastri was the first driver to set a competitive lap in Q2 on the intermediate tires, conditions were exceptionally difficult throughout .

Williams driver Franco Colapinto I found out the hard way how difficult it can be to race in Formula 1 on a wet track.

The 21-year-old’s crash exiting the third turn brought out the red flags that disrupted an already delayed session.

Karun Chandhok spoke about Sky Sports F1 on the Argentinian and his future beyond this season.

Colapinto has been linked with a move to Red Bullbut Chandhok now believes it could have a detrimental effect on his F1 career if he is promoted to a top team too early.

Despite very impressive performances, he is still prone to making mistakes and was slower than teammate Alex Albon in Brazil and the previous race in Mexico.

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Colapinto took a normal line into the first corner before having to correct the rear of his car coming out of the second corner.

However, a momentary loss of control during the long left turn three saw Colapinto aquaplane into the barriers on the outside of the corner.

Reflecting on Colapinto’s accident and his future, Chandhok said: “He was a great example to anyone of how first impressions matter in any job.

“He came rushing in, didn’t he?” They’re great first races, but actually now that you start to get going, you see in Mexico he was quite behind Albon’s time, in Sprint Qualifying on Friday, again far from Albon’s time. Albon.

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“There are a lot of rumors about putting him straight into the Red Bull, there is a lot of excitement about putting him straight into the Red Bull.

“I think for someone so young and inexperienced, leaving him straight into the Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen could harm his career.

“He’s clearly very talented, clearly very fast, but you can’t just shortcut the experience and I wonder if he wouldn’t be better off waiting for some time at RB and maybe ending up in a Red Bull later.”

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Colapinto is waiting nervously to find out if Williams can repair his car in time to compete in Sunday’s Grand Prix.

He has work to do to add to his five points in the Drivers’ Championship as he will start 18th as long as he does not receive penalties for changing components on his car following his crash.

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Christian Horner is a fan of Colapinto after his brilliant start to life in F1 with Williams who will keep the Argentinian as a reserve driver if he fails to secure a place elsewhere on the grid.

Helmut Marko is less enthusiastic about Colapinto because he would like to continue promoting at Redbull own talents rather than relying on drivers from elsewhere.

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