Jaime Alguersuari’s equal-best qualifying performance of the current season in Singapore saw him narrowly miss out on Q3, securing 11th.
The Spaniard dreamt of a points finish, however it wasn’t to be after the team discovered a coolant leak in the radiator as he drove to the grid. That effectively demoted him to last as he started from the pit-lane.
“It should have been a good opportunity for us to score points today, having qualified eleventh,” he said after the race, “but it went wrong before the start with a coolant leak on the car.”
Now it seems such troubles could have been easily avoided as Motor21 reports that a mechanic discovered the leak five hours prior to the start of the race.
Instead of informing the team, the mechanic in question who remains unnamed, simply cleaned up the leaking water, hiding any evidence that a problem was present.
As a result, Alguersuari left Singapore without a points finish, but managed to fight his way into 12th – an impressive result on the Marina Bay circuit.
The mechanic left Singapore without a job.
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