Montoya compares Colapinto’s Baku restart approach with Verstappen’s
Juan Pablo Montoya admires Franco Colapinto’s willingness to attack at the Baku restart, but accepts Colapinto made a mistake in a collision that ended three drivers’ races.
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Juan Pablo Montoya admires Franco Colapinto’s willingness to attack at the Baku restart, but accepts Colapinto made a mistake in a collision that ended three drivers’ races.
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