How has Williams rebuilt Albon's and Colapinto's car after the disastrous Sao Paulo crashes?
Williams have confirmed that Alex Albon and Franco Colapinto will be able to take part at this weekend's Las Vegas Grand Prix after both drivers have suffered heavy crashes last time out at Sao Paulo.
Having displayed eye-catching pace in the tricky wet conditions in qualifying at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, Alexander Albon secured a spot in Q3. However, the London-born driver caused the fifth red flag of the session after smashing three corners of his FW46 at Turn 1.
The replays showed that as Albon hit the brakes for the first corner, he lost the rear of his Williams. The Thai driver reported on the radio that his brakes might have failed, but his race engineer answered that he could not see any failure on the data.
Although Williams was eager to repair his car for the race, Albon was unable to take part in the 71-lap race at Sao Paulo following the significant damage his car suffered during the incident.
Albon's team-mate Franco Colapinto also sustained a high-speed crash, but Williams was able to fix his FW46 for the race and the Argentine driver was able to compete in this rainy Sao Paulo Grand Prix. However, Colapinto suffered a second crash in the race, which saw the team lave Brazil with two heavily-damaged cars.
The British outfit has now released a footage which shows how the mechanics worked through the night to rebuild and assemble both the two damaged cars after they were brought back to Oxfordshire.