Alonso and Colapinto, eliminated in the second round of sprint qualifying (SQ2)

During the sprint qualifying session at the seventeenth round of the Formula One World Championship, drivers Fernando Alonso and Franco Colapinto were eliminated in the second qualifying round (SQ2), according to reports released on October 9.

Alonso, the Spanish double world champion driving for Aston Martin, secured the fifteenth-fastest time of the session. Meanwhile, Argentine driver Franco Colapinto, competing for the Alpine team, was eliminated after setting the eleventh-fastest time in SQ2.

In the earlier first round of sprint qualifying (SQ1), Spanish driver Carlos Sainz of Williams and Mexican driver Sergio Pérez of Cadillac were also knocked out of contention for the sprint race.