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Colapinto almost forced to sit out Azerbaijan

Sep.15 Franco Colapinto's impressive Q3 performance at Baku, out-qualifying teammate Alex Albon, almost never happened. He is the axed Logan Sargeant's replacement for the rest of 2024 at Williams, and even earned praise from triple world champion Max Verstappen on Saturday. But a day earlier, his Azerbaijan GP weekend almost collapsed. 'I cut my ear doing neck exercises five minutes before FP1,' the 21-year-old Argentine rookie revealed. 'The rubber came loose and hit me. I went deaf and started bleeding. 'Everything opened up and they wanted to give me stitches five minutes before FP1,' he laughed to Spanish reporters. 'I told them ‘What do you mean you're going to stitch me up? I...
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