Both Alpine drivers crashed out of qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, a track known for its collisions.

During Q1, Pierre Gasly lost control in Turn 4, leading him to collide with the wall down the escape path.

Franco Colapinto was coming behind Gasly and was met with a white flag rather than a yellow flag.

The Argentine kept pushing his Alpine, though he lost control similarly to Gasly, resulting in contact with the wall rather than going into the escape road.

Colapinto lost control of the rear, something that can happen often when there are intense winds.

"There was no yellow [flag]," Colapinto told reporters after the session.

"It's always a distraction when someone goes off in the escape road and you don't know if it's going to reverse, but, yeah, that doesn't change the f

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