Franco Colapinto will face, this Saturday from 11 (Argentine time), the classification With the mind put in Sunday’s race. After a weekend in Monaco without good results for Alpine, the Argentine will seek to make the best possible performance to his car in a circuit that He has seen him have great performances on his tour until he reaches F1.
The weekend in Spain did not start in the best way for the Pillarense. During the three free practices – that do not reflect a real order of performance of the pilots thinking about the race – The Pilarense finished 20th, 20th and 17th respectively, located in times that ranged between 0.1 and 0.9 away from their teammate, Pierre Gasly, who has an improvement available in the car.
Franco Colapint’s performance during free practices
The weekend at F1 began last Friday with the Free practices 1 and 2 carried out in the Barcelona-Cataluña circuit. There, the Ten teams They launched to the track to calibrate cars, try different configurations and collect the largest amount of data for Sunday classification.
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It was not an easy Friday for Alpine. The French team comes from having a bad general performance in Monaco, where neither collapth nor gasly (who had to retire from the last race due to a shock) could add points.
The day had begun complicated to Collapint since, in the free practices 1, end last with a record of 1: 15,530to a second and eight tenths of the winner of the session, which was the British Lando Norris (McLaren), almost a second of his teammate in Alpine, The French Pierre Gasly.
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This was the results of the FP3 in Barcelona.
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During the end of said session, the A525 of the Argentine suffered mechanical problems in its rear, which had generated concern since a New engine change this season would have caused a penalty. However, the situation did not go to adults and could be resolved in a short time.
Friday’s sessions were dominated – once again – by McLaren And, punctually, by the Australian Oscar Piastri, who leads the table in the pilot championship.
As for the performance this Saturday, El Pilarense and his team focused on understanding the performance of the car with soft tires. Without demanding too much and with the mind placed in the classification, the best round of the Argentine was 1: 14,085, just over 0.1 of that of his fellow Gasly, which turned in 1: 13,954.
What is the Spanish Grand Prix Circuit of the F1
The Barcelona-Catalunya circuit was built as part of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games Development Program. In detail, the first race of Formula 1 on this track took place in 1991.
Barcelona is characterized by being a quick and slow curve track: the most demanding is 3, which results A great opportunity to evaluate the car balance.
- Number of turns: 66
- Circuit length: 4,657 kilometers
- Carrera Distance: 307,236 kilometers
- Record back: 1: 16,330 Max Verstappen (2023)
Where to see Franco Colapinto in the GP in Barcelona
The race can be seen by fans in Argentina through Fox Sports. For that, they must tune in:
- Channels 25 (SD) and 106 (HD) of Flow
- Channels 605 (SD) and 1605 (HD) of DIRECTV
- Channels 101 (SD) and 1013 (HD) of Teecenter
On the other hand, the race can be followed online by Disney+, the streaming service offered by ESPN or accessing Fox Sports through Telecentro Play, D Go and Flow. Also, you can follow it through the streaming of TyC Sports.
Barcelona Grand Prix Hours
Friday, May 23:
- Practice 1: 8:30 – finished
- Practice 2: 12:30 – finished
Saturday May 24:
- Practice 3: 7:30 – finished
- Classification: 11:00
Sunday May 25:
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