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Alpine’s Franco Colapinto has been penalised for a pit lane incident during qualifying for the 2025 F1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.
Alpine’s Franco Colapinto has been penalised for a pit lane incident during qualifying for the 2025 Formula 1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix when he exited the team’s garage before the other drivers due to a red flag caused by Yuki Tsunoda’s crashed Red Bull. The stewards found that Franco had entered the fast lane in the pit lane before a re-start time was confirmed, leading to a one-place grid penalty for him. Unfortunately, his return to the F1 grid was marred by a heavy impact with the barriers in Q2, ending his qualifying session prematurely at Imola. This penalty is not unique, as George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli had received identical grid penalties earlier in the season for a similar pit lane incident during qualifying at the Bahrain Grand Prix. To find out more about the situation, you can read about Flavio Briatore’s dismissal of a five-race Alpine F1 plan for Franco Colapinto.
