Franco Colapinto 'not happy' with Bearman comments after 50G Suzuka crash
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Updated: 18:23, 30 Apr
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Franco Colapinto has said he is "not happy" with Ollie Bearman's comments during the April break that blamed the Argentine for his role in the Haas driver's 50G crash in Suzuka.
Speaking on the Up To Speed podcast during F1's five-week hiatus, Bearman criticised Colapinto for an "unacceptable" move across him before Spoon Curve. The Alpine driver appeared to have been harvesting energy as Bearman approached with a closing speed of up to 50 km/h.
Addressing safety concerns over the 2026 cars' closing speeds, the FIA made a tweak to the rules in April that introduced a boost cap of 150kW, as well as limiting the MGU-K to 250kW at specific sections of any given circuit.
In Miami, however, Colapinto responded to Bearman's mid-April comments, revealing that he had reached out to the 20-year-old but did not receive any reply.
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Speaking to media, including GPblog, Colapinto said: "No, I already spoke about it. I think the most important thing is that he was OK.
"I'm not going to comment too much about it, I'm just going to say that after the race I sent him straight away a message, he never responded, so he didn't talk to me, I did talk to him. The thing I'm the most happy about is that he's fine and nothing bad happened. Of course, a big damage for their team, but it's part of racing."
Colapinto 'not happy' with Bearman's comments on Suzuka crash
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Colapinto reflected more widely on the incident with Bearman, somewhat taking responsibility for his part in the crash, but still dismissing the idea that he "moved aggressively" at any stage prior to taking the corner.
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"I think nowadays we need to understand much better how we can make racing safer and not take this amount of risks. I think when things like this happen, the guy that is behind has all the knowledge of the speed that he's doing, of the amount of moves that he's using, of what he's trying.
"And the person in front is much more blind, I think. Nowadays, with the closing speeds, you watch in the mirror in one second, and the second after, the car catches you [in] 20 meters.
"I do think that both have responsibility on it. I'm going to say that I never really moved aggressively at any point in that moment or in that corner, which made him have the incident or made him crash."
The Argentine concluded by reiterating his relief that Bearman was not badly injured after the crash, but admitted he was far from pleased with the Briton's comments.
"And yeah, I'm just glad that he's OK. Of course, not happy with his comments, but hopefully we can fix it soon."
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