Franco Colapint He faced a complicated race on the Monaco Grand Prix, where despite adversities, he ended in 13. After several problems in the First classification for this racethe Argentine pilot was able to improve his performance after the start in position 18. Meanwhile, his Alpine partner, Piere Gasly, suffered an accident with the Japanese Tsunoda, who forced him to leave the race.
It should be noted that the native of Pilar was prevented from Start your last turn fastA In yesterday’s tests Due to a clash starring Italiani, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, aboard the Mercedes-Benz.
Franco Colapinto ended in 13th place at the Monaco Grand Prix of Formula 1
On Vuelta 14, Colapinto entered boxes and changed hard tires by means. Now, the Argentine is located in the 19th position of the race.
This was the start of Colapinto in the Monaco Grand Prix:
On lap 28, the Argentine pilot had his entry to the boxes to put on average rubber. He left in the 19th position of the race and the leaders already took a return.
Collapint thus fulfilled a good job in his second career with Alpine and ended in 13th place in the Monaco Grand Prix of Formula 1, carried out In the historic street circuit where you run since 1929.
The Argentine He won five positions With a car that lacks performance to fight forward with the greats of the category.
Colapinto, who had been having a weekend for oblivion after being last in almost all sessions, rounded a very good performance in the race to upload five positions with respect to his starting position.
He even remained for much of the race in the pilot train that fought for the entrance to the points, but could not overcome any of his rivals on track, in a circuit where every year it becomes more complicated to advance due to the size of the cars.
The moment of Pierre Gasly accident, Franco Colapinto’s partner in Alpine
Your teammate, the Frenchman Pierre Gaslyhe had to leave in the first laps after crashing behind in the Chicana of the tunnel outlet to Japanese Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull).
This was the time of the Gasly accident at the Monaco GP:
Formula 1: Lando Norris with McLaren won the Monaco Grand Prix
The triumph in Monaco was for The British Lando Norris (McLaren), while the podium was completed by Monegasco Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and the Australian Oscar Piestri (McLaren).
With regard to the fight for the championship, this triumph came to Norris very well to discount 10 valuable points to the leader, who is his teammate in McLaren, Pastri, to place himself to only three units.
It is also turned on in the fight for the championship is the Dutch and four times champion, Max Verstappen, who finished fourth and is now 25 points from Piastri.
The others who added points were Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari), Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls), Esteban Ocon (Haas), Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls), Alexander Albon (Williams) and Carlos Sainz Jr. (Williams).
The next race in the Formula 1 championship will be the next weekend, when the GP of Spain is held in Barcelona.
Formula 1: How was Franco Colapinto weekend in Monaco
In the previous one, the native of Pilar had discreet free practices. After crashing last weekend – during the classification in the Imola GP -, Colapint tried to recognize the new circuit and not demand Alpine’s car during the FP1, FP2 and FP3 who saw him locate in the positions 19 °, 20 ° and 20 ° respectively.
Colapinto on Saturday had a new challenge in one of the historical circuits of the F1: Monaco. The street circuit is a challenge for the pilots for being one of the “street” tracks, as those deployed on the streets of a city are paid. Thus, the layout presents spaces Very narrow, difficulty exceeding the rivals and high possibility of touching the walls.
That is why – perhaps – the most important day during Monaco weekend It is the classification of Saturday. Although it does not add points, due to the difficulty of going on position during the race, it makes The starting order be clue To achieve a Good result on Sunday.
Alpine arrives after a awkward weekend in the Icola GP where Colapinto Pierre Gasly partner was 13th, while the Argentine finished 16 °. They were not the expected results and more if one takes into account that, at the time of the end of the Q1, the Pillarese crashed his car which prevented him from having a better starting position.
As for free practices, Alpine is dedicated to try the tires facing the race. Thus, both cars were around the lower part of the table, while the distance between the fast laps of Gasly and Colapinto ranged between 1 and 0.6 seconds.
In reference to the rest of the pilots, the local Charles Leclerc, from Ferrari, marked the rhythm during all free practices and finished the FP3 with a time of 1: 10,953. Behind him the current champion, Max Verstappen (0.280 away) and the British Lando Norris (at 0.294) were located.
Source: Ambito
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