Franco Colapinto's reaction after being accused of being the author of the power cuts in Formula 1

This Wednesday, Formula 1 kicked off and began testing for the 2025 season. AlthoughFranco Colapinto was not going to be present at the practices, he was present on social media where he interacted with his followers.

The driver from Pilar was attentive to what was happening and observed Andrea Kimi Antonelli in first place in the morning practices in Bahrain, while Lando Norris was the best in the afternoon tests.

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At approximately 11 AM Argentina time, the pit area went dark and mechanics and engineers from the ten teams made do with flashlights to be able to do their job in the best way possible.

In the midst of this unusual situation, on social network X, a parody account about Charles Leclerc called @TinoCLeclerc, joked about what happened and pointed to the Argentine as the author of what happened: " I collapsed after plugging in a toaster in the Alpine box causing all the power on the circuit to go out (he was making breakfast)," said the Internet user when posting the image of a dog balancing while holding a tray with glasses of water.

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The post was automatically filled with likes and retweets, so it did not go unnoticed by anyone, including Colapinto himself, who appealed to the right of reply: "The kettle for the mate didn't even heat up the water lpm."

"Let's see how you say you cut off all the electricity in French?" replied another user, challenging the Pilar native, who continued with the humorous tone and replied: "It's easier with sign language."

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After this, Colapinto did not appear publicly on his social networks again, but thousands of fans took the opportunity to comment on this intervention and continued with the joke by saying: "They hired him to prepare mates"; "he turned on the electric kettle and the thermal blew" and "I wouldn't be surprised".

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