After crashing in qualifying for the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Franco Colapinto revealed that he would rather be fast around a race track and “have a little crash” than have a clean, slow lap in his Alpine F1 car.
The Argentine was on a flying lap in Q1 at the Baku street circuit, which he says was “three tenths up after three corners”. However, at Turn 4 he encountered team-mate Pierre Gasly, who had taken to the escape road after making a mistake. Colapinto also struggled at the corner, but had no escape road to take and made contact with the wall – ending his session and leaving him lining up 16th for the grand prix.
