Franco Colapinto of Alpine F1 Team at the 2025 Hungarian GP.
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Colapinto found “some performance” despite P18 finish at F1 Hungarian GP

Franco Colapinto has finished Sunday’s F1 race for the Hungarian GP on 18th position, after initially starting P14. The Alpine driver believes that the race didn’t go their way, but some positives were still found on his side. Difficult Hungarian GP race for Colapinto Due to the nature of the Hungaroring, it’s difficult to overtake…

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Franco Colapinto has crashed his Alpine F1 car during Pirelli's tyre test at Hungaroring
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Franco Colapinto crashes Alpine F1 car in Pirelli’s 2026 tyre test at Hungaroring

Alpine have confirmed that Franco Colapinto suffered a massive crash on the second day of Pirelli’s 2026 F1 tyre test at the Hungaroring circuit. The Italian tyre supplier has been conducting regular tests throughout the season to develop its 2026 tyre compounds. The new tyres are smaller and narrower as part of Formula 1’s upcoming…

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Franco Colapinto was P14 in qualifying for the F1 Hungarian GP after a good showing on Saturday.
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Colapinto explains having first consistent feeling with A525 since Imola after good F1 Hungarian GP qualifying showing

Franco Colapinto was P14 in qualifying for the F1 Hungarian GP after a good showing on Saturday. Outpaced by Pierre Gasly on Friday, the driver from Argentina turned it around on Saturday. He was 0.3s faster in FP3, and backed it up by beating the Frenchman by 0.091s in Q1. Colapinto was P15, Gasly ended…

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Alpine's Franco Colapinto reflects on strategy choice he was planning to follow and the missed opportunities following unfortunate DNS at the chaotic F1 British GP
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Colapinto discusses desired strategy choice and missed opportunities following DNS at F1 British GP

Franco Colapinto has opened up about his feeling in the Alpine A525, the strategy option he was planning to adopt, and the missed opportunities following the unfortunate DNS he encountered at the rain-swept F1 British GP.  After finding the Alpine single-seater rather tricky to handle in the practice sessions, Colapinto’s race weekend only took a…

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Franco Colapinto of BWT Alpine F1 Team current P21 in the 2025 Drivers' Championship at mid-season
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2025 F1 Mid-Season review: Franco Colapinto

Unlike the majority of drivers on the 2025 F1 grid, Franco Colapinto did not commence his season at the opener in Melbourne. Instead, his campaign began in Imola after months of speculation, intensified by a hot-mic incident involving YPF CEO Horacio Marin. Consequently, the Argentine driver earned promotion to Alpine’s second seat, replacing F1 rookie…

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Jack Doohan driving his #7 Alpine car in Suzuka at the Japanese GP
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2025 F1 Mid-Season review: Jack Doohan

The first half of the 2025 F1 season witnessed another harsh reminder of the sport’s unforgiving nature when Alpine replaced Jack Doohan with Franco Colapinto at Imola, marking the second in-season driver change of the year. What unfolded was a perfect storm of circumstance, expectation, and opportunity that ultimately saw a young driver’s F1 dream…

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Alan Permane, Racing Director at Visa Cash App RB talks with Steve Nielsen, F1 Sporting Director on the grid prior tothe F1 Grand Prix of Austria at Red Bull Ring on June 30, 2024 in Spielberg, Austria
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Alpine F1 announces Steve Nielsen as Managing Director and other key hires

BWT Alpine F1 Team has announced that the team has appointed Steve Nielsen as Managing Director alongside other senior hires to key positions in the F1 team, with Kris Midgley also joining. In the team statement launched on Friday, BWT Alpine Formula One Team stated that Steve Nielsen will start his role in September ahead…

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