Franco Colapinto has spoken of the “very dangerous” situation he faced at the start of the Australian Grand Prix, when he nearly crashed into Liam Lawson.<\/p>\n
Not shown on replays of the start of the race, Colapinto had to swerve right at the last moment to avoid the slow-starting Racing Bulls machine, having been unsighted by other cars.<\/p>\n
The starting procedure had been changed ahead of the new season to allow drivers to prepare correctly, with the new procedures including a five-second period to spool up the turbo, but the lights, when illuminated when out almost instantly, something Charles Leclerc called “cheeky.”<\/p>\n
Colapinto went on to finish in 14th place after serving a stop\/go penalty for a team member touching the car after the 15-second signal had been given, one place behind Lawson himself in 13th.<\/p>\n
However, reflecting on the incident, the Argentine felt he was “really lucky” to avoid a serious incident.<\/p>\n
“I almost had a massive crash with Liam as he got stuck on the grid, and I was really lucky to get through lap one,” Colapinto told media, including RacingNews365.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I was really, really lucky, and we know things can happen with these new cars, but the video shows it was very dangerous and quite sketchy.<\/p>\n
“I am glad I got through that, but I hit the wall a little bit with my rear right, but generally, we struggled for pace this weekend, and we’re were hoping for much, much better after Bahrain [testing].\u00a0<\/p>\n
“It was just a tough afternoon.”<\/p>\n
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