Strategizing Success: Franco Colapinto’s Journey to Securing an Alpine F1 Seat Alongside Pierre Gasly

Argentina’s Franco Colapinto has joined the Formula 1 grid for the second time in two seasons, this time replacing Logan Sargeant at Williams due to impressive performance during a wet Silverstone FP1 session and simulator work, catching the eye of team boss James Vowles. Drafted in by Alpine as a reserve driver, Colapinto now has five races to prove himself, with an evaluation scheduled between the Austria and Silverstone rounds to determine his involvement for the remainder of the 2025 season. To secure his spot at Alpine, Colapinto must deliver…

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Rising Star: Franco Colapinto’s Alpine Challenge Ignites Strength with Williams

This weekend Franco Colapinto will compete in his first grand prix since Abu Dhabi last year, having taken Jack Doohan’s race seat at Alpine. The Enstone-based organisation has acquired a reputation for operational chaos since Renault reacquired it in 2016, having gone through one total rebrand and a litany of technical directors and senior management. Most recently, the former team principal Flavio Briatore returned as ‘executive advisor’ with Oliver Oakes joining from Hitech as the team principal. Any connection between Oakes’s departure and his brother’s legal issues is speculative. The…

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