La lack of a third frame in house Williams led to a series of unfortunate events that puts at risk next weekend in China. After the difficult stage in Australia, the Grove team he doesn't seem to find peace: in the accident that occurred on the first lap on the Suzuka circuit, Alexander Albon damaged the chassis of his single-seater.
Tense situation in the Williams household
It seems like an episode out of the best telenovelas, and yet this drama frame-Williams it's all true. It all started during Free Practice 1 in Melbourne, when the Thai pilot it impacted the fence. No damage for him, but the same cannot be said for his car which needs to be completely rebuilt.
Once it was noted that it was impossible to repair the car in time for the race, it was up to James Vowels the difficult choice to let go Albon on the track with Sargeant's car. Number #23 finishes 11th, thus touching the points zone while his teammate watches him from the pits.
But it didn't end there because, just before the start of the weekend in Japan, it was announced that would have fallen to Sargeant racing with the body repaired after the Melbourne accident.
Accident at Suzuka: the chassis of Albon's single-seater was damaged
Si he hypothesized that due to the lack of a third chassis - which will be available starting from the Miami GP according to what was stated by team principal Vowles - theJapan's goal was that of “bring home” the car, But this did not happen.
A few moments after the five traffic lights that started the event went off Japanese GPDaniel Ricciardo and Alexander Albon touches each other and both end up in the tire wall. “Normally there are plastic barriers and guardrails, the rubber wall present here he stopped the car violently. I wasn't worried about myself, but more about the damage to the car” said #23.
Le first inspections conducted by Williams mechanics on Albon's car after the accident at Suzuka damage revealed on the right front part of the chassis. The body was then shipped to Grove in attempt to be repaired in view of the Chinese GP scheduled for April 21nd.
Vowels: “It wasn't our intention to be frameless”
Team principal James Vowles declared that the third chassis will be available starting from the first stop on American soil, the one in Miami. “They may want it 8 to 10 weeks to create a body investing all available resources. We don't have the entire organization working on this, but we are working on spare parts and upgrades at the same time".
As Motorsport.it reports, Vowles he claims: "It wasn't our intention to be frameless, but the problem is due to system overload, the complexity of the car and the amount of work we try to carry out".
