Franco Colapinto has apologised to team mate Pierre Gasly and Alpine after the Argentine’s mistake on a Safety Car restart eliminated both cars from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
Alpine<\/a> looked on course for a double points finish in Saturday’s 51-lap race on the streets of Baku, with Gasly<\/a> running in P7 and Colapinto<\/a> P10 as a Safety Car was deployed in the final third of proceedings following Alex Albon’s crash.<\/p>\n Heading into Turn 1 and with the field bunched together as racing resumed, Colapinto misjudged his braking and locked up, moving to the inside before swiping the side of Gasly’s car on the apex.<\/p>\n The pair spun to the outside of the circuit, collecting Lando Norris’ McLaren in the process, with all three drivers eliminated.<\/p>\n “Just bit of disappointment, for myself, for the team. Just a big sorry to all of them, to the factory, to Pierre of course,” said Colapinto when asked about the incident.<\/p>\n “[I] took him out, so really disappointed. We were both in a position to score points, was a big day for the team and [I] did a big mistake. Big sorry, it shouldn’t happen.<\/p>\n “I was locking up and completely out of control. Not a lot I could do. We move onto the next one and try to score points.”<\/p>\n