Unheard radio reveals Williams talks with Alex Albon in unusual air box incident

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Team radio footage from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix has revealed how Williams got Alex Albon to deal with the team leaving his airbox attached.
Albon was unable to complete his final lap of Q3, due to running out of time after having to stop in the pitlane exit after his Williams team left his cooling fan from the garage attached to his airbox.
Alex Albon on Williams team radio: ‘Where is it?’
Albon was instructed to pull to the side of the track after his team copped the mistake, with a mechanic fortunate to avoid injury as Albon left the garage after getting the all-clear to pull out into the pit lane.
Unfortunately for Williams, his bright fluorescent yellow cooling fan had been left attached in the car, meaning the issue had to be dealt with by Albon – having left the pit lane, his mechanics couldn’t come to his aid.
Albon clumsily managed to extricate the fan from above his head, tossing it as gently as he could out to the side of the track for a marshal to…

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