The reasons for Franco Colapinto’s difficulties with his vehicle and Alpine’s bad moment in Formula 1

The return of Franco Colapint to the Formula 1 It is not being the desired one. Their results are tied to the bad decisions made in Alpine, The French team where it runs, and in fact you cannot presage a positive future in the remainder of the season.

Alpine is last in the World Construction Championship And even this stage of the calendar is the second worst start in the history of the French team. The reasons are several but go hand in hand: bad decisions, one after another, logistics, technical and executive.

All of them quickly mortgages the performance of their cars and, therefore, their results in the present and future of the season.

For starting, the choice to put the rookie as a starter Jack Doohana 22 -year -old Australian without previous experience in the Formula 1. In addition, his hiring was limited to a guaranteed presence of only 5 races, so the pressure on him was going to be (and was) immense. His results were worse of the imagined and after 6 major awards he was fired.

Why doohan committed collapint walk in the remainder of 2025

But that was not the worst. Doohan He committed the future of the team for the costs of his shocks. They not only reached a large part of the reservations in the annual budget of the team, but also emptied resources of Alpine To recondition the car and improve it, according to the regulations of the Formula 1.

What is it about? In the 6 races that was, Doohan used 4 internal combustion units, 4 turbo units, 4 MGU-H units, 4 MGU-K units, 2 battery units and 2 electronics units. In other words, Alpine allowed Doohan to waste all the allowed elements of the year in just 25% of the season. The main injured from this ended up being Franco Colapintwho inherited the Australian vehicle and his place in the championship.

These decisions also catapulted the British OLIVER OKESwho had to resign as team director. So, Alpine He ran out of director and without a pilot just started the championship. Who assumed at the moment is Dave Greenwoodas administrative representative before the FIA, But who moves the threads in the French team is Flavio BriatoreExecutive Advisor of Alpine

Therefore, in the three major awards it has been in the current season Franco Colapint He was for more, but his car did not allow it. Last weekend, your career engineer, Stuart Barlowafter the race in Spain He apologized to the Argentine pilot for the bad car they gave him. Both are being known.

Alpine You must correct and solve your problems at all levels, where the mechanical and technical (tires, chassis and motor), even the executive (a director at the height that is responsible for improving the present of the equipment).