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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Ralf Schumacher explains Horner’s “mistakes” in F1 prior to exit from Red Bull

Former Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher explains how a series of “mistakes” by ex-Red Bull Racing F1 team principal and CEO Christian Horner all led to his demise in the team, and discussed the impact of the internal scandal involving inappropriate behaviour towards a female employee in early 2024, and the shift in power caused…

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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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