Alpine will "consider what course of action should be taken" internally over the Franco Colapinto mistake which took himself and teammate Pierre Gasly out of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Colapinto lost control of his car down the inside of Turn 1 at a safety car restart, wiping Gasly out of a promising position and collecting McLaren's Lando Norris too.
After the race, reigning world champion Norris suggested Colapinto should be banned from the next race and that the Argentine driver did not deserve to be in F1.
Alpine boss Flavio Briatore, who only just gave Colapinto a 2027 contract extension earlier this month, said the team will consider next steps carefully.
"These sort of incidents shouldn't happen, particularly when we were running well with both cars in point-scoring positions," Briatore said after the race.
"I know that Franco has taken full responsibility for it, as he should; in fact he braked far too late considering the context of the race and the safety car restart. It was a very poor move for a driver of his experience. I want to take time to reflect on it and consider what course of action should be taken, so we can learn from it and avoid such a situation in [the] future," Briatore said in the team's post-race press release.
Gasly had been especially upset after what had looked like being a strong points haul for the midfield team.
After the incident, he said on the radio: "Oh my god. Oh my god. I cannot believe it. So many [censored] points gone!"
Colapinto apologized to Alpine and his teammate after the race.
"Just sorry to all the team, not only to Pierre, it was a big mistake," Colapinto said.
"Big sorry to Pierre, he has been working really hard in the factory. We lost a lot of positions and we were with both cars in the points.
"Very sad and disappointed. Big, big sorry, it's a big mistake. Cold brakes, cold tyres, I was completely out of control. Unfortunately, I also took Pierre out. And Lando of course. Big sorry to both of them."
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