The Italian dedicated a message to the 21 -year -old Pillarense and all members of the factory of Alpine “Direct to work. A few days busy here in Fastone, updating Pierre (Gasly) and Franco (Colapinto) before your debut in Imola ”, The Italian businessman on his Instagram said with a photo of him with the two pilots.
At the moment, Gasly was the only one who added points for Alpine in the season. In the first six races of the year, Jack Doohan failed to show good results or performance so he became the reserve pilot of the team and starting this Sunday Collapint He will take his place as headline.
This Sunday, not only will it mean the pilot’s return to Formula 1. Briatore will also have his first race as a team leader after the resignation of Oliver Oakes.
Franco Colapint preparation to return to formula 1
Alpine’s official Instagram account uploaded a video of Collapint in the main factory of the Galo team to greet their fans. “Hello everyone. I’m here in Estone with some good cars. Fast cars″, Said the Argentine showing the Renault R25, with which Fernando Alonso became champion in 2005.
Then, he also shared images of a trophy of Grand Prix of Argentina 1996where the Frenchman Jean Alesi finished third with the Benetton team, which today is Alpine. “And look, with a trophy of the Argentina’s GP too, 1996. I hope Someday let’s recover one of those. It is overcoming”Said the young pilot.
As for his preparation to debut in Alpine this Sunday in Italy, Colapinto said: “I have been doing some Turn in the simulator And now like racing pilot, finally. So I’m very excited For the weekend of preparation for Icola with the team, with the engineers, a lot of work done. So … exciting days ahead and I can’t wait for the race weekend. Ciao Ciao, guys. See you there, ”he said.
The schedules and the collapint schedule in Icola:
Friday, May 16
- Free practices 1: 8.30 to 9.30
- Free practices 2: 12.00 to 13.00
Saturday, May 17
- Free practices 3: 7.30 to 8.30
- Classification: 11.00 to 12.00
Sunday May 18
Source: Ambito
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