The Pilar pilot departed from the 16th place and, despite some ups and downs during the race, he managed to overcome positions, although it was not enough to mark his scoring debut with Alpine.
Formula 1: Franco Colapinto ended in 11th place in the Netherlands Grand Prix
At the top of the podium, Oscar Piastri took his seventh victory of the year with McLaren, consolidating in the tip of the pilot championship. Max Verstappen, home, he finished second, while whatand Isaac Hadjar He surprised with a third place behind Racing Bulls.
The Argentine pilot almost manages to obtain his first point, but ironically the performance of his partner of Alpine, Pierre Gasly, He ended up playing against him.
In the start of the Grand Prize, Franco Colapinto departed from the 15th position with red tires and quickly won a place after overcoming the Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto with Sauber. Oscar Piastri led the race with McLaren, followed by Max Verstappen in Red Bull and Lando Norris in the other McLaren.
On Tour 5, the Pillarese cleanly exceeded his partner of Alpine, Pierre Gaslyin curve 1, known as Tarzan, and began to approach Fernando Alonso with Aston Martin, maintaining a constant rhythm behind the Spanish. However, on Vuelta 17 he received Alpine indications to let Gasly go back, backing to the 15th position.
In turn 20 he entered boxes and changed to hard tires, returning in the 19th. The race was interrupted by an accident of Lewis Hamilton on Vuelta 23, which caused the exit of the Safety Car; When resuming, Collapint It was located again 15 °, behind Gasly.
Tour 53 marked a key moment: it lost the 14th position against Alonso and a Charles Leclerc accident occurred, which generated a new entry of the security car. Colapinto made his second detention to place yellow tires, maintaining 15 °, while Gasly amounted to the 8th.
In the final phaseColapinto remained in the squad and fought in the last 10 laps with Esteban Ocon de Haas. After Norris’s abandonment due to motor failure in Tour 65, the third income of Safety Car and Franco occurred entered for the third time to boxes for soft tires. Finally, he crossed the finish line in the 12th position, after beating Gasly, unable to reach Ocon.
Source: Ambito
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