Argentine race driver Franco Colapinto said he had “the worst trifecta” of his career after being forced to retire from the Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix on Sunday. It was his second retirement in the last three races after his crash in the Azerbaijan GP, with a point-less 13th place in Malaysia.

The retirement in Singapore occurred on lap 30, when Colapinto was running 12th and waiting for an opportunity to move closer to the points zone. He had already failed to finish the sprint race on Saturday due to another technical problem.

“They were very harsh weekends; I’m not going through the best of times,” the 23-year-old said, adding his car “barely moved forward” due to a transmission problem. “We need to understand what happened; it’s a shame to have two........

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