The Argentine driver will put first in the Mexican Grand Prix, which could be key in the fight for the title. The Argentine will seek to score his first points of the season.
The Argentine pilot Franco Colapinto (Alpine) will compete this Friday in free practice 1 and 2 of the Mexican Grand Prixcorresponding to the 20th date of the championship Formula 1.
The activity in Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City It will begin at 3:30 p.m., the time when free practice 1 will take place. Just a few hours later, at 7 p.m., the second training session will take place.
During the second day of activity in this Grand Prix, free practice 3 will be held starting at 2:30 p.m., in which the drivers will have their last opportunity to tune up their cars for qualifying, which will start at 6 p.m.
Finally, the career of the Mexican Grand Prix will this be Sunday 26, at 5 p.m..
The Mexican GP comes at a key moment of the season, since the Australian Oscar Piastri leads in the championship and is closely followed by his teammate in McLarenthe British Lando Norris. However, in recent times the Dutchman and four-time world champion, Max Verstappen (Red Bull), demonstrated a very high level and scored a considerable amount of points.
Verstappenwho is looking for his fifth consecutive title, won three of the last four races, which allowed him to close the distance with Piastri from 104 to only 40 points.
After the Mexican Grand Prixthere will only be four dates left in the championship, so this weekend could be key for the final stretch of the season.
Colapintofor its part, will try to score its first points in a season that is becoming extremely complicated in a Alpine which is the worst car on the grid.
The Argentine, who replaced the Australian Jack Doohan From the seventh round of the championship, he was close to scoring points only in the Netherlands GPwhere he finished eleventh, although in recent times he has shown himself to be well above his teammate, the Frenchman Pierre Gasly.
Colapinto comes from starring in one of the controversies of the weekend in the United States GPwhere he surpassed Gasly about the end of the race despite the fact that since Alpine They had given him the order not to do it.
The schedules of the Mexican Grand Prix:
Friday 10/23:
- Free practice 1 at 15:30
- Free practice 2 at 7 p.m.
Saturday 10/24:
- Free practice 3 at 2:30 p.m.
- Classification at 19
Sunday 10/25:
Source: Ambito
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