MUST-SEE: Colapinto suffers hefty crash during first Qualifying back in F1 at Imola
Franco Colapinto became the second driver to crash out of Qualifying at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, with the Argentinian bringing out the red flags during his first weekend back in action for Alpine.
As the Q1 segment entered into its final minutes – and Colapinto fought to make it through to Q2 – the 21-year-old took too much kerb at the exit of Turn 3, causing him to spin into the barriers.
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While he fortunately reported that he was okay, the Alpine squad are another team that could be faced with a long repair job, joining Red Bull after Yuki Tsunoda dramatically flipped his Red Bull into the wall earlier in the session.
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