Franco Colapint will have today His first classification after his return to Formula 1 (F1) aboard the car of the Alpine team. It will be in the GP of Emilia-Romaña (Icola), from the 11 (Argentina) within the framework of the 7th date of the tournament of the highest category of motor racing.
After leaving good feelings on Friday – in what marked his return to Paddock – the Argentine will seek to make a good classification. On Sunday, May 18, at 10, the race will begin in the legendary Italian circuit.
Franco Colapinto’s return to F1
They were months of uncertainty for the Argentine after his departure from Williams. After starting the year as a reserve at the French team Alpine, Colapint finally replaced his partner, the Australian Jack Doohan, and went up again to a car to compete in F1.
Friday’s day left good feelings for the team. During the FP1, the Argentine turned 21 and ended 17 ° With a time of 1: 17,373, to 828 thousandths of Oscar Piastri (1.16: 545), which ended in the first place. His partner, Pierre Gasly finished 6th, just 0.151 from the leader of McLaren.
In FP2 the French team obtained even better results: Gasly finished 3rd, while Colapinto was 13th, after turning 29 laps.
After the first practices, the Argentine declared: “I am grateful for Alpine for the opportunity. Giving little rooms.
As for this Saturday, the last practices reflected a small step back for the French team: the Argentine finished the session in the 18th position with a time of 1M16S210, to 0S323 of what was done by his partner in Alpine, Pierre Gasly, who was 15th.
Despite the loss of performance in front of the rest of the teams, the last laps before the classification left a good image of the Argentine, who in just their first weekend this season He managed to match the times of his partner.
It should be noted that the times of free practices are just an indication of what the performance of a team for the weekend can be. In the case of the Argentine, this was the first time that he was on board the A525, so the objective of his first laps was Understand your new car and find an adequate configuration for the challenges of Saturday and Sunday.
The return of Franco Colapinto: day, schedule and how to see the classification of the Emilia-Romaña GP
The Imola Grand Prix began last Friday, May 16, the three free practices sessions were held.
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This Saturday, May 17, free practices took place 3 from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 am, then the classification will begin at 11:00 and will run until 12:00, Argentine time. Finally, On Sunday, May 18, the race will be played at 10:00.
However, Argentine fans will not be able to follow the live race on television. The event will be transmitted in deferred through Fox Sports, available in channels 25 (SD) and 106 (HD) of Digital Cablevision, HD and Flow, 105 (SD) and 1605 (HD) of DirecTV, and 101 (SD) and 1013 (HD) of Telecentro.
The only option to see the competition simultaneously is through the Disney+ platformbelonging to ESPN. The service requires prior registration and has a monthly cost of $ 10,549 finals.
Source: Ambito
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