Overview
- Lance Stroll responded ahead of the Las Vegas weekend by dismissing Franco Colapinto’s criticism and saying the Alpine driver should focus on scoring a point this season.
- The São Paulo Grand Prix incident occurred on the opening lap when contact involving Stroll eliminated Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto from the race.
- Race stewards reviewed the clash in Brazil and issued no penalty.
- Stroll said he spoke with Bortoleto after the race and that the Sauber rookie did not blame him for the crash.
- Colapinto had accused Stroll of leaving no space and ‘always taking people out,’ then later softened his stance by describing those comments as made in the heat of the moment.