The Argentine participated in the first TPC (Test Previus Car) test, where they handle the cars of at least two seasons ago for the use of reserve pilots.
Franco Colapinto is set for the 2025 season of Formula 1.
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With the beginning of the 2025 season closer, Franco Colapint He tried a car for the first time Alpine of formula 1. The Argentine participated in the First TPC test (Previus Car test)where they handle the cars of at least two seasons ago for the use of the reserve pilots, a role that will have in the French team at least in the first races of the year.
The executive advisor of Alpine, Flavio Briatorewas the one who announced the step of Collapint For the TPC tests through an Instagram story. The Italian was a key piece for the Bonarense to join the team with a five -year contract.
Tuesday, Jack Doohan, Alpine titular pilot at least for the first five racesalso spinned with Alpine’s car although Briatore did not mention. In the event that its performance is not the desired one at the beginning of the season, it is possible that the Australian debutant be replaced by the Argentine.
While they did not specify what year was the car I use Collapint, He was seen carrying the helmet he used in Formula 3 in 2023, with the Argentine flag on the sides. The test was in the Cortus of Catalonia, in Montmeló, the headquarters of the Spain Grand Prix Since 1991. There Lewis Hamilton turned last week in his first steps as a Ferrari pilot, also with a car of other years.
Great expectations for the future of Franco Colapinto in Alpine: “Briatore believes that he has the following Michael Schumacher”
This Tuesday, Joan Villadelprat, historic appears the highest category of motor racing and a reference close to BriTore, highlighted the expectations that are for the Argentine within the French team: “Flavio believes that he has the following Michael Schumacher or the next Fernando Alonso with Colapinto . These flashes that we have seen in Colapinto, which are flashes of a great … Flavio believes that it can be a great of the greats. So, that’s why he has invested 20 million. ”
While initially he will be a reserve pilot, he hoped that he will have a place inside the grid in this same season, although the square is currently doohan. “I am going to say one thing that will sound very bad and that I can only say it because of the character’s experience that I know, which is Flavio. I don’t think Flavio believes in (Jack) doohan. No, I don’t think so. I don’t believe it. So, Doohan has the races counted”, Launched the experienced Spanish advisor in dialogue with the YouTube channel Data Performance F1.
“I made contracts when I was a general director, with clauses in which if the second pilot did not do or was not in certain times of, I do not know, 8 tenths of the number one pilot, because in two races or three races you could lower it. This type of clauses exist in Formula 1, ”he added.
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