{"id":2911,"date":"2026-09-26T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=2911"},"modified":"2026-09-26T12:58:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T15:58:55","slug":"briatore-extremely-disappointed-with-colapinto-after-baku-crash-and-weighs-alpine-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/briatore-extremely-disappointed-with-colapinto-after-baku-crash-and-weighs-alpine-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Briatore \u2018extremely disappointed\u2019 with Colapinto after Baku crash and weighs Alpine response"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Briatore said Alpine lost valuable points<\/strong> after Colapinto hit teammate Pierre Gasly at Turn 1.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Colapinto accepted responsibility<\/strong>, but Briatore called the mistake unacceptable for a driver with his experience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Argentine will lose five grid positions at the Bahrain Grand Prix<\/strong> after retiring before he could serve a ten-second penalty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flavio Briatore did not hide his frustration with Franco Colapinto after the multi-car accident at Saturday\u2019s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Alpine executive said he was <strong>\u201cextremely disappointed\u201d<\/strong> and would consider what measures the team should take following a collision that eliminated both its drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colapinto misjudged the braking point for Turn 1 at the restart after the Safety Car period on Lap 35. Unable to slow his Alpine sufficiently, he struck teammate Pierre Gasly, whose car then became involved in the accident with McLaren\u2019s Lando Norris. All three drivers retired. Before the collision, Colapinto and Gasly had been running in positions from which Alpine could fight for points in the Constructors\u2019 Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cObviously, I\u2019m extremely disappointed with the outcome of today\u2019s race, knowing we lost valuable points in the championship fight,\u201d Briatore said. \u201cThis kind of incident should not happen, especially when both cars were in positions to score points and we had been showing good performance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/colapinto-apologises-to-gasly-and-alpine-after-baku-crash-it-shouldnt-happen\/\">Colapinto apologised after the race<\/a>, taking responsibility for the collision and saying sorry to Alpine, Gasly, Norris and McLaren. Briatore acknowledged that admission but said Colapinto had enough Formula 1 experience to avoid the mistake at a restart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI know Franco has taken full responsibility for what happened, as he should,\u201d Briatore said. \u201cHe braked far too late considering the race situation and the restart after the Safety Car. It was a badly misjudged move for a driver with his experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Briatore said Alpine would examine the incident before deciding how to proceed. \u201cI want to take some time to reflect on what happened and consider what measures should be taken, so that we can learn from this and prevent something similar from happening again in the future,\u201d he added. <strong>Alpine has not announced a specific internal measure.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The stewards held Colapinto responsible and imposed a ten-second time penalty. Because he retired and could not serve it, <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/colapinto-handed-grid-penalty-after-causing-baku-crash-that-eliminated-norris-and-gasly\/\">the sanction was converted into a five-place grid drop<\/a> for the next round, the Bahrain Grand Prix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Norris also reacted strongly, calling for a suspension over the incident. Max Verstappen and George Russell considered that punishment excessive, although both agreed Colapinto had made a serious mistake. The <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/russell-holds-off-verstappen-by-0-1s-to-win-azerbaijan-grand-prix\/\">Azerbaijan Grand Prix ended with Russell\u2019s victory<\/a>, just 0.196s ahead of Verstappen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">F1 today: FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When is the next F1 race after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/when-is-the-next-f1-race-after-the-2026-azerbaijan-grand-prix-date-start-time-and-full-schedule\/\">Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia<\/a> takes place at Sepang on <strong>Sunday, 4 October 2026<\/strong>. The race starts at <strong>08:00 BST, 03:00 US Eastern time and 15:00 in Malaysia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who leads the 2026 F1 championship after Baku?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kimi Antonelli leads with 302 points<\/strong>, 66 ahead of Mercedes teammate George Russell, who has 236. <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/mercedes-pulls-clear-as-russell-reduces-antonellis-f1-lead-in-baku\/\">Russell reduced the gap by 15 points<\/a> with his Azerbaijan GP victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What penalty will Franco Colapinto serve at the next F1 race?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colapinto has a <strong>five-place grid penalty<\/strong> for the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia after causing the <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/colapinto-handed-grid-penalty-after-causing-baku-crash-that-eliminated-norris-and-gasly\/\">Baku collision involving Pierre Gasly and Lando Norris<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What did Briatore say about Colapinto\u2019s Baku crash?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Briatore said he was <strong>\u201cextremely disappointed\u201d<\/strong> that Alpine had lost a chance to score points with both cars. He said the team would consider measures after reviewing the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alpine executive criticised Franco Colapinto\u2019s braking mistake at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix restart, which eliminated both team cars and Lando Norris. Colapinto apologised, while the stewards imposed a five-place grid penalty for the next race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020311394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"42wp_featured_image_caption":"Flavio Briatore ","42wp_featured_image_credits":"F1","42wp_featured_video":"","42wp_featured_image_hidden":false,"42wp_authors_list":[{"id":7,"location":""}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[202,378,255],"42wp_author":[7],"class_list":["post-2911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","tag-alpine","tag-flavio-briatore","tag-franco-colapinto","42wp_author-victor-martins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2912,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911\/revisions\/2912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020311394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2911"},{"taxonomy":"42wp_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/42wp_author?post=2911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}