Franco Colapinto is simply simply starting his third race weekend for Williams, so he can in all probability be excused for mistaking the Alpine pit crew for his personal as evening fell in Singapore.
Pitting to modify onto the smooth tyres in FP2, the Argentinian inadvertently pulled into the French crew’s pit field, failing to note the flash of pink on their helmets that differentiated them from Williams.
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Because the crew parted to permit Colapinto previous, a crew member waved him by so he might transfer ahead into the right crew’s field.
The second prompted Williams to jokingly remark “Cannot park there, sir” with a winking emoji on X, in response to a rushed picture posted by Alpine.
