The 22 -year -old Pilarense was very close to entering the points zone for the first time in the season, thus achieving His best performance since his arrival at the French team.
This performance is doubly important for Collapint, taking into account the hard statements of BriTore just two days ago. “Maybe it was not the right time to have Franco in Formula 1maybe I needed one more year to be part of Formula 1, “Motorsport reported.
Anyway, the weekend in Netherlands He arrived with very good feelings for the Argentine. On Friday, ninth ended in the second free practice and, after classifying 16th, this Sunday He climbed five positions Finally 11th, Just a place below the points zone.
“Franco had an excellent performance, probably the most solid of the season to date”, Said Briatore in testimonies published in the press release of the French team.
The Italian acknowledged that “this is a career in which, when analyzing the classification, we feel that We lost the opportunity to score for several reasons. When starting outside the top 10, We assume risks throughout the race to maximize our possibilities”
Briatore also referred to the career of Pierre Gaslywhich left 14 ° and ended 17 ° – last among the pilots who finished the race – after making a single stop in boxes and analyzed that “with the tools at his disposal, Pierre He faced a real challenge to resist cars with new tires”
In conclusion of the Netherlands Grand Prix, the Italian closed: “Both pilots pressed to the fullest, they gave everything and They demonstrated their team spirit when we asked them to exchange positions in the first curve to reach their rivals. We will continue trying in each race maximize our final result with the package we have. ”
Great Race of Franco Colapinto in the GP of the Netherlands
The Argentine pilot almost manages to obtain his first point of the season, but ironically the performance of his partner of Alpine He ended up playing against him.
In the start of the Grand Prize, Franco Colapinto departed from the 16th 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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