F1 rookie Franco Colapinto spun into the barriers during a challenging, wet qualifying session on Sunday morning for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, raising the red flags to temporarily halt Q1.

With qualifying postponed until Sunday morning after heavy rain hit Interlagos on Saturday, the Williams driver suffered a small slide at Turn 2, sending him onto the wide line on the damp track – before a moment of wheelspin at the next corner led to him slamming sideways into the barriers.

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The Medical Car was deployed, but Colapinto radioed that he was doing well after the incident – ​​while before his crash there had already been several yellow flags as drivers slid off the track in the tricky conditions.

When the red flag was waved with 8 meters 50 to go, the Argentinian was P9 on the timesheets with his teammate Alex Albon in the relegation zone, although Colapinto would eventually drop to P18 in the standings.