In the vibrant stage of the 2025 Austria Grand Prix, played at the Spielberg Red Bull Ring culminated in a five -second penalty for the South American and an explosive piastri reaction on the radio of the team. This episode, loaded with tension and emotions, not only marked the race, but also generated an echo on social networks, becoming a hot topic for automobile lovers.
The race in Austria was a whirlwind from the beginning. Lando Norris, piastri partner in McLaren, dominated from end to end, ensuring the victory and cutting the advantage of Piastri in the championship only 15 points. However, it was on Tour 55 of the 70s planned when the drama reached its peak. Colapinto, immersed in a fierce battle for position 15 with Yuki tsunoda of Red Bull, tried an overtaking in curve 3. At that time, Piastri, just out of boxes and chasing Norris for the leadership, quickly approached behind. Without warning of his team and with Tsunoda blocking his vision, Colapinto went long in the curve, returned to the traced and, without realizing, closed the passage to the Australian, forcing him to get out of the grass to avoid a collision.
The maneuver did not go unnoticed by the FIA curators, who reviewed the incident and sanctioned Colapint with five seconds of penalty, in addition to a point in their superícence, adding a total of three in the last 12 months. Although this sanction did not alter its final result significantly, since it ended 15 °, the impact of the incident resonated beyond the track. On the radio, Piastri, visibly frustrated, left a phrase that went viral: “Alpine still finds a way to fuck me after so many years, huh?” This comment, loaded with sarcasm, referred to his tumultuous departure from the Alpine Academy in 2022, when a contractual dispute led him to sign with McLaren, a movement that marked his career.
Colapinto, meanwhile, explained its version calmly after the race. In dialogue with his engineer, he admitted that he did not see Pastri, since he was at his blind spot while focusing on overcoming Tsunoda, who had previously turned it on Tour 31, receiving a penalty of 10 seconds. “I was fighting with Tsunoda and I just wanted to pass it. I didn’t see Piastri, I was at my blind spot,” said the Argentine, who later allowed the Australian to advance it to avoid more problems. Despite Tsunoda’s apologies for the previous clash, the day was complicated for Colapinto, who fights with an alpine lacking competitive rhythm.
The incident not only highlighted the intensity of competition in Formula 1, but also the personal and professional tensions that persist between pilots and teams. For Piastri, the episode was a reminder of his past with Alpine, while for Colapinto, he represented a new challenge in his debut season with the French team. The race, dominated by the 1-2 of McLaren and the third position of Charles Leclerc de Ferrari, also celebrated the eighth place of the Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto, who added his first points in the category.
This Austrian Grand Prix left an indelible mark, not only because of the action on the track, but for the emotions unleashed on the radio and social networks, where fans discussed the justice of the sanction and reaction of Piastri. With the next Grand Britain in Silverstone around the corner, the eyes will be put in Colapinto, who will seek to redeem himself, and in Piestri, whose fight for the championship intensifies. Formula 1, once again, showed that each curve can hide a story that captures the world.
