Counterpoint in Alpine: Franco Colapinto was positive, but Flavio Briatore hit the low

The Argentine pilot of the team Alpine, Franco Colapinthe said he felt “a little better today” after classifying fourteenth for the main race of the Austrian Grand Prix of Formula 1.

After a fateful Friday in which he was uncomfortable with his car after ending last in free test Pierre Gaslywhich will leave tenth.

“I advanced. I felt a little better today, a little closer, but you have to continue progressing. I think I made a small mistake in the 3 and here everything is so close and so stuck is very difficult. Nothing, a shame because I think when I see that I am a tenth of the top 10 gives me a little anger. You have to continue working. It was a little complicated weekend that we could solve, so now to focus on the race.said the young pilot.

In addition, Colapint compared his performance so far in Austria and what was his performance last Grand Prix in Canada: “I think, in the slow curves, with respect to Canada, we improve a lot. It is now missing in a quick curve a little confidence with the car and here it is full of fast curves. It costs me a little that. You have to continue working, but little by little we will find the way”.

“There is a lot of difficulty with the wind at high speed, and I think this wind has made it quite complicated, especially here. There is much to understand and continue learning. But we have found some improvements. It is quite strong. I just need to find confidence”he added.

Finally, after showing his discomfort with his car on Friday, the Argentine declared: “The car felt better, especially at low speed, however, I was hard to have confidence at high speed compared to the previous sessions, so there is still a little work to do there. I think I am still finding my place in some curves and understanding in which direction we will go with the car. Now we will focus on tomorrow and give it all to try to advance in the race.

For Flavio Briatore, nothing to be content

Despite the positivism of Colapint, Flavio BriatoreAlpine leader, he did not be happy with the performance of the Pillarense, ensuring that “They had a car to get to Q3”.

In his statements, the Italian began being realistic with the bad results they had obtained in training: “The team did a good job finding performance after a couple of complicated sessions”. “Pierre was on his way to a better result but made a mistake and made a spun in the last curve in his return launched. It is a shame because, without that, we could start the race in the sixth or seventh place tomorrow,” he explained.

On the other hand, before talking about the Argentine, he left a clear indirect. “We clearly had the car for Q3 but we still need to be up there, where they must be”he pointed out.

“Franco passed the Q1 but it was far from reaching Q3. We need to improve if we want to put ourselves in a competitive position with both cars”Briatore said.

Finally, he concluded: “We will see what happens tomorrow, it will be hot, so the management and strategy of the tires will be important and is becoming more and more vital for us to add points, given our current situation.”

Colapint will go in search of adding its first points in the season this Sunday at 10 (Argentine time) in the race corresponding to the Austria Grand Prix, where it will start from the fourteenth position and its teammate from the tenth.