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World champion Lando Norris has demanded that Franco Colapinto, an Alpine driver, be banned following a collision during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix restart that also involved Pierre Gasly and resulted in all three cars being retired. Despite Colapinto expressing regret for his mistake, Norris believes the FIA should impose stricter penalties such as bans for similar incidents due to their financial impact on teams and drivers' standings. Currently, Colapinto faces a grid drop penalty at the next race, but Norris advocates for harsher sanctions like a one-race ban.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-26,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
At the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Lando Norris of McLaren accused Franco Colapinto of Alpine of causing a multi-car crash during a restart after braking too late at the first corner. This incident led to Colapinto colliding with his teammate Pierre Gasly, who then hit Norris, forcing all three cars out of the race. Norris called for harsher penalties from governing body FIA and suggested that drivers like Colapinto "shouldn't be in Formula 1." Meanwhile, Racing Bulls driver Arvid Lindblad pushed his teammate Liam Lawson into a spin as other drivers avoided the crash. Colapinto received a 10-second penalty for the incident but since he did not finish the race, it could convert to a grid drop at next weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, further affecting Alpine’s position behind Racing Bulls by extending their gap to 15 points in the constructors' championship.
Written for “F1 Driver Criticism After Crash” on 2026-10-06,
grounded in this article and the 1 other(s) covering the same event.
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World champion Lando Norris has called for Alpine's Franco Colapinto to be banned for causing an accident at a restart at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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Colapinto → publish → Prix
Norris was taken out in a chain reaction when the Argentine locked up his brakes and slid into team-mate Pierre Gasly, who then hit Norris.
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who → take → Norris
All three cars retired as a result of the incident.
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cars → retire → incident
Norris told BBC Radio 5 Live: "Give him a ban.
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Norris → tell → ban
Colapinto said: "I can be sorry to everyone.
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I → say → everyone
I just locked up and then I was very out of control."
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I → lock → control
Briton Norris said he believed governing body the FIA should take such incidents more seriously because of the impact it has on other drivers who are blameless, and the cost in terms of damaged parts.
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"The FIA should be more strict and start handing out bans for this kind of stuff," Norris said.
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It costs a lot of money.
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All my parts are in the bin now, so people should just get banned for this kind of driving.
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(They) don't deserve to be in Formula 1.
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"If you cause a crash on a restart like this, yeah, you should have at least a one-race ban."
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Colapinto was given a 10-second penalty in the race, but as he was already retired this will be converted into a grid drop at the next race, the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, next weekend.
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The size of the grid penalty has not been confirmed, but it is likely to be in the order of five places.
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Both Alpine drivers were in with a chance of scoring points in the race, and were running seventh and 10th before the incident.
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drivers → score → incident
Most galling for the team was that Racing Bulls driver Arvid Lindblad finished seventh and that has extended their gap over Alpine in their fight for fifth place in the constructors' championship to 15 points.
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Gasly said he was "crushed" by the incident.
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"We're all very disappointed with the outcome after such a strong weekend, strong race," the Frenchman said.
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"It's still difficult to process what just happened."
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A McLaren spokesperson said it was too early to say whether the incident would mean Norris would not be able to use the upgraded parts the team debuted in Baku at the race in Malaysia.
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