He Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia left a Alpine In a borderline situation. The French team, which marchs before the last in the championship of Formula 1 -With just 6 points in five races-, accumulates more than 4 million dollars in losses due to errors of their pilots.
In Jeddah, the French Pierre Gasly He did not complete a return: he was hit by Japanese Yuki Tsunoda and had to leave the race. This represented one Direct loss of 820 thousand dollars in car repairbut the most expensive thing was what could not be obtained: the pilot started ninth and had serious chances of adding points (each is worth 460 thousand dollars for the team).
For its part, the Australian Jack Doohan He disappointed again: he finished seventeenth and was unable to climb positions. With their bad results and management errors, The young pilot already generated a loss to Alpine about 2.6 million dollars So far from the championship.
In total, Alpine accumulates $ 4,380,000 only in damages, lost points and strategic failures. With just 6 points in five major awards (Gasly won them in Bahrain), the French team is in a critical situation, both sports and economically.
With this present, the pressure grows so that the Argentine Franco Colapintcurrent reserve pilot, occupy Doohan’s place. This brings opinions divided into the team since The chief of the OLIVER OKES team wants to keep the Australian, while the executive advisor Flavio Briatore wants the pillare on track as soon as possible.
According to press reports, the situation favors Briatore, especially for the commercial ties that have been formed between the Colapint and Alpine sponsors. Unlike Doohan, the Argentine not only contributes performance proven by his experience in Williams, but also represents income.
Sources close to the pilot’s environment ensure that Pilarense could debut as the main pilot already in the Miami Grand Prix (on the weekend of May 4), although The Race indicates that the team could wait until July or August, after racing in Hungary or Netherlands.
Source: Ambito
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