Las Vegas Grand Prix qualifying delayed after Franco Colapinto's nasty crash leaves track covered in debris

The commencement of Q3 for the Las Vegas Grand Prix was delayed aft a dense clang from Williams Racing operator Franco Colapinto.

Towards the extremity of the Q2 session, Colapinto was making his mode done crook 16 connected the Las Vegas thoroughfare circuit erstwhile helium mislaid power of his car successful the near broadside wall.

Colapinto's car past skidded crossed the way colliding with the other partition earlier continuing to descent down the circuit earlier coming to a implicit stop.

The 21-year-old operator was capable to get retired of the car wholly good - telling his store 'I'm ok'.

The wreck near plentifulness of debris each implicit the way arsenic c fibre and 1 of Colapinto's tires were near down him.

Additionally, the interaction of the wreck forced marshals to analyse the barriers for immoderate harm that mightiness person needed repairing. 

Over 25 minutes aft Colapinto's wreck, the way was yet cleared for racing and Q3 went underway. 

Williams volition present person to astir wholly re-build the chassis of Colapinto's car - and volition bash truthful arsenic the expansive prix is little than 24 hours away.

This marks the 2nd contention week successful a enactment that Williams would person to re-build the young Argentine's car aft a wreck successful qualifying.

Two weeks agone successful Sao Paulo, nether slippery qualifying conditions, Colapinto mislaid power coming retired of the Senna 'S's' astatine Interlagos - spinning crossed the way and crashing into a barrier.

A time later, successful the expansive prix itself, Colapinto mislaid power successful the rainfall and wrecked into the barriers again.

Currently successful the standings, Colapinto stands astatine P19 connected 5 points - up of Liam Lawson, Zhou Guanyu, the antheral helium replaced - Logan Sargeant - and Valtteri Bottas.