Lando Norris said Franco Colapinto should receive a race ban for the collision that wiped him and Pierre Gasly out of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. At the first Safety Car restart on lap 36, Colapinto badly misjudged his braking into the first corner and, carrying too much speed, steamed into the side of Alpine team-mate Gasly, whose car was sent into Norris' McLaren on its outside.

Norris was spun into the barriers, with the two Alpines also forced to retire with damage. Gasly had been running seventh, Norris eighth and Colapinto 10th. A frustrated Norris said: "At the end of the day, I just got taken out. Just some drivers that shouldn't be in Formula 1, to be honest." Speaking to the written media, the reigning world champion added: "I've not seen it, but if you cause a crash in a restart like this, you should have at least a one-race ban. I just got taken out. And the FIA should be stricter by starting to hand out bans for this kind of stuff."

Colapinto was apologetic on both team radio and then in his interviews afterwards for what he admitted was a "big mistake." He said: "Just to all the team, not only to Pierre, but it's just a big mistake. Big, big sorry, it's a big mistake. Just cold brakes, cold tyres and locked up and completely out of control. Unfortunately, I also took Pierre out and Lando of course but big sorry to both of them." Colapinto was handed a 10-second time penalty by stewards for causing the collision but, as he had already retired from the race and so could not serve it, the sanction was converted into a five-place grid penalty for this coming week's Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia.