Franco Colapinto made a classification above expectations and will start in the 14th position in the Austrian GP. Although Alpine’s car presented yields below expected, the Argentine signed a time of 1: 05,288 which reached him to classify the Q2 and be located in the 14th position for Sunday’s start.
It had not been a simple weekend so far for Pilarense: during the three free practices prior to the classification, Colapinto was 16th, 20th and 19th. “It was not very good. I didn’t feel very comfortable in general,” The pilot said after Friday’s second batch. Your teammate, the Frenchman Pierre Gasly, had another outstanding Saturday and will leave from the 10th place.
Franco Colapinto will leave 14th in the Austria GP
The Argentine arrived at the classification day after a Friday that presented difficulties. In detail, the Alpine cars They fail to excel in the fight for the middle zone and, weekend after weekend, They lose performance against their directors.
However, and gradually recovering its best version shown last year aboard the Williams carColapinto had a new classification above the expectations that the team had in the previous one. Against the forecasts, the Pilarense managed to overcome the Q1 and classify Q2 on the morning of this Saturday.
Even its performance in Q2 was more than acceptable: it was 2 tenths of Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes Bernz) to get into the final round of the classification.
“A pity, when I see that I am a tenth of the top 10 gives me a little anger”, The Argentine assured. “You have to continue working, it was a complicated weekend that we could solve,” he reflected. About his performance this Saturday, he explained: “I felt a little better in general today. You have to continue progress.”
Who had great performance – again – was his partner Gasly, who put the A525 in Q3 and will start 10 ° in Sunday’s race.
In reference to the rest of the grill, the McLaren team ratified again because It is the best present, although he had an unexpected surprise. It is that Lando Norris won the pole position with total authority, but the 2nd position was taken by Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) who left Oscar Piestri third, who had a regular Saturday.
The Collapint weekend
Colapinto faced – this Saturday – a new classification day. In recent days, after some rumors, Flavio Briatore, executive advisor to the French team, reaffirmed the continuity of the pillare aboard the pink car: “Franco will run as long as necessary.
In this way, and with total support of who seems to be outlined as his godfather in the F1, Colapinto faced the free practices of Austria GP, a circuit that knows very well and where ended in 2nd place in the 2024 season of the F2, A performance that was key to later promotion to the highest category aboard the Williams.
During the FP1, Colapinto was 16 ° to 1,222 seconds of leader George Russell (Mercedes Benz) at the beginning of the weekend that left good feelings. However, the second round of free practices saw it be located 20 ° – to 1,596 of Lando Norris (McLaren) with a A525 car performance that generated concerns in both drivers of the French team.
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“It was not very good, I did not feel very comfortable in general. In fast curves, more than anything, which is a bit my strong, I was not very comfortable with the car. A very different balance of one curve to the other. Nothing, you have to work to become a little stronger tomorrow “, The Argentine detailed about the performance on the track.
“The rest improved, it is generally costing those curves a little faster that you have to put a brake, steering wheel and Have confidence in the car and I am not having it. You have to work, but I think that in general there are a couple of things to learn“Colapinto added.
The return of his partner, the Frenchman Pierre Gasly, was more optimistic although he also sowed doubts about the performance of the car that, already on date 11, does not find his best version and seems to outline the team to abandon the idea of making a good season in 2025 to focus fully on the development of the 2026 car, where he will have an important change when adopting the Mercedes Benz engine. “A little more work in the career rhythm, but they are training. We try some things and I think we have good ideas about what worked and what does not,” said the Frenchman.
When Franco Colapinto runs in the Austria GP
Sunday June 29
Where to see Franco Colapinto in the GP of Austria:
The race can be seen live in Argentina through Fox Sports. Followers can tune the event in the following channels:
- Channels 25 (SD) and 106 (HD) of Flow
- Channels 605 (SD) and 1605 (HD) of DIRECTV
- Channels 101 (SD) and 1013 (HD) of Teecenter
In turn, online it can be followed by Disney+, the streaming service offered by ESPN or accessing Fox Sports through Telecentro Play, D Go and Flow.
The complete collapint calendar in the 2025 season of the F1
- Austrian Grand Prix | Red Bull Ring – Spielberg: June 27 to 29
- United Kingdom Grand Prix | Silverstone: July 4 to 6
- Belgium Grand Prix | Spa-Francorchamps: July 25 to 27
- Hungary Grand Prix | Budapest: August 1 to 3
- Grand Prize of Netherlands | Zandvoort: August 29
- Italy Grand Prix | Monza: September 5 to 7
- Azerbaijan Grand Prix | Bakú: September 19 to 21
- Singapore Grand Prix | Singapore: October 3 to 5
- United States Grand Prix | Austin: October 17 to 19
- Grand Prix of Mexico | Mexico City: October 24 to 26
- Grand Prix of Brazil | San Pablo: November 7 to 9
- United States Grand Prix | Las Vegas: November 20 to 22
- Qatar Grand Prix | Portugueil: November 28 to 30
- ABU Dhabi Grand Prix | Yas Marina: December 5 to 7
Source: Ambito
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