The Argentine pilot was left without a track due to a Stroll maneuver and stepped on the grass. He lost ground but managed to stay in the race.
The eventful start of the Mexican Grand Prix almost left out of the race Franco Colapinto (Alpine) when the Canadian Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) left him without a track, he bit the grass and spun, which made him lose ground, although he was able to continue.
Colapinto will try to finish the race at least ahead of his teammate Piere Gasly, after the controversial maneuver last weekend in which he overtook him despite instructions from the team that ordered him not to do so.
In the Mexican GP the big dispute is between the three drivers who have aspirations for the championship: Oscar Piastri (McLaren), Lando Norris (McLaren) and Max Verstappen (Red Bull).
Piastri leads the table but poor results in the last races caused his teammate, Norris, to close the gap. For his part, Verstappen, the current champion, is going through an excellent second half of the year and his victories brought him closer to the fight.
Colapinto had a good Friday free practice but his performance dropped and, after leaving the track, he started in the last position in the Mexican Grand Prix. The player from Pilar – who has not yet scored points in the season – seeks to have a good performance to put him back over his partner, the Frenchman Pierre Gaslyand bring him closer to confirming his seat for the 2026 season.
In qualifying, the Argentine turned 1:17.670, to 0.124 from the record of his Alpine teammate, who recorded his last lap in 1:17,546 to be in 18th place. For its part, Colapinto will start from 20th position in the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez race, which will begin this Sunday at 5 p.m.
Previously, the Argentine had had what he described as his “best friday” since his return to the highest category of motorsport. In FP1 and FP2, he finished 9th and 18th, respectively. However, that same Friday at a press conference, he recalled again why the Alpine A525 It is one of the cars with the worst performance on the track: “In FP1 it was very difficult for me to find the rhythm. The car is super hard on curbs, it is unmanageable. We did a couple of things and improved a little, but we still have the same big problems. That’s why we’re so far behind.”
What is the Mexican Grand Prix circuit like?
The Mexican Grand Prix is held at the historic Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, located east of Mexico City, within the Magdalena Mixhuca sports complex. The route has a extension of 4,304 kilometers and a total of 16 curves —seven to the left and nine to the right—that test the pilots’ precision.
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