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Damaged monocoque leaves Albon sidelined for qualifying

Alex Albon fortunately emerged unscathed from his massive crash in FP3 but the British-Thai racer's Toro Rosso was too damaged to be repaired in time for Saturday's qualifying session. In the closing stages of Saturday's free practice session, Albon ran wide on the exit of the final corner but lost his battle to control his tank-slapping car which hit the outside tyre wall. The Toro Rosso was left badly critically damaged by the impact, its left side completely destroyed. Albon, who had shown strong pace before the incident, was left stranded for qualifying. Albon says Tost encourages him to 'just do your thing' "He cannot take part in qualifying because we investigated the monocoque,...
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