Overview
- The Alpine driver said the online attacks on 19-year-old Kimi Antonelli had crossed a line and deserved attention.
- He argued that drivers are fined for swearing while influential paddock figures face no penalties for remarks that generate hostility.
- The backlash followed Lando Norris’s late overtake in Qatar, which Red Bull’s Helmut Marko and Gianpiero Lambiase publicly questioned.
- Red Bull has issued a statement apologizing for the accusations linked to the Qatar controversy.
- Colapinto advised Antonelli to avoid reading hostile posts and noted there have been no announced FIA measures regarding the abuse.