After the irregular start of Alpine In the 2025 season of the Formula 1 The executive advisor Flavio Briatore He was strict with his opinion about the Australian Jack Doohanbut, even so, he did not assure that the Argentine Franco Colapint occupy your seat.
With three dates disputed and without having added a single point, the French team is not only the worst of the championship, but also begins to travel an internal tension climate, where the foci are placed on their pilots.
In dialogue with the newspaper La Stampa, Briatore was blunt when declaring about Doohan: “You can be Mick’s son (Schumacher), but if you are not competitive you are not anywhere. They are all fast. Although, of course, it is not easy”.
As a comparison, Benetton’s once patron differentiated his case with that of Lance Stroll, another pilot indicated by his family relationship: “Stroll has its own team and is a separate case.”
On the other hand, in the midst of the rumors that link it as a possible replacement for Doohan, the name of Colapint continues to gain ground in Alpine. However, Briatore was cautious. “Now the priority is to have a top -level car, to live up to the four monsters: McLaren, Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari,” he calmed down.
Anyway, he did not minimize the phenomenon that the Argentine represents since “it is not just putting a boy in a car: then you have to deal with everything else: the pressure, the interviews, the criticisms, 100 thousand spectators in the stands.”
“We are at the starting point. In 2026 we must be competitive. The real objective is 2027,” Briatore acknowledged on the present of Alpine, which does not accompany the pilots or the plans.
“We start far behind, only in 2026 we will have the complete Mercedes package, motor and gearbox,” he explained.
The pressure grows because Alpine is the only team that did not add points so far from 2025, and the performance of its cars has been alarming. Meanwhile, Colapint continues to stand out in private evidence and simulators, gaining more and more support within the team and among fans.
Formula 1 will continue this Sunday at 12 noon (Argentine time) with the race corresponding to the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Source: Ambito
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