There has been praise for Colapinto’s bold move, with F1 TV’s Will Buxton calling it “absolute magic” in a post on X.
The Williams youngster appeared similarly proud that he was able to pull off the overtake, stating after the race that “I did the best start I could” to help the team move into the points paying positions.
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“There was a pretty nice gap and I went for it and it worked out,” he said. “Here, you know, the start is very important and to leave Turn 3 in front of some cars is always nice. You are in a match for a position later in the race. I was in a position to finish in the points.
“Unfortunately it didn’t happen, but it’s still a decent three first races of my life and I’m close to the points again. We need to focus a little bit more, focus a bit more on quali. We should have been in Q3 and today we should have been able to finish P10, but just need to keep nailing it and we’ll be better for the next race.”