The Argentine Franco Colapint He had his best performance since he is in Alpine and ended twelfth in the classification of the Canada Grand Prix of the Formula 1. The Pilarense, who will start 10 ° for two sanctions, managed to get in for the first time in the Q2 since his arrival at the French team and was enthusiastic for Sunday’s race.
“We returned … finally, it was time”the Argentine summarized after finishing the qualy, with a mixture of relief and satisfaction after achieving a result that marks a turning point at its start in Alpine.
The Pilarense explained that one of the keys to his performance was in the type of tires used: “The middle rubber complicated me a little. I started the return with very little grip because it costs to heat it. Then I had very good grip in the middle and tried to recover everything I had lost in the first part.”
Despite feeling competitive, he acknowledged that with the soft compound he could have fought for a place in Q3, although he valued what was achieved: “It is what there is.”
In addition to personal satisfaction, Colapinto did not hide the recognition of the accompanying team. “I am happy, it was a good qualy and I felt comfortable with the car, which was what I was looking for. The team did a great job. My engineers, despite all the hard moments we had since we started, they continued to push and deserve it”said the Argentine.
On the other hand, Colapint already analyzed how this Sunday’s career could be: “Long from the 11th place there are opportunities. You have to see how the rhythm is, make a beautiful start and then forward”stipulated before meeting the sanction to Isack Hadjar and after knowing that Yuki Tsunoda would lose 10 places.
“If we leave from there, you have to make a beautiful start and ready. It is to go step by step, get things with the car and understand what the way is. But I am happy with today”Closed Colapint, who dreams of converting this good classification into its first points with the French team.
The Pilarense will face the great opportunity to add points in Sunday’s race at 15 (Argentine time) in the framework of the Canada Grand Prix.
Source: Ambito
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