Franco Colapint

The Argentine had to leave from Boxes, but his car went out completely and failed to start it.

Franco Colapinto closed a weekend from more to less in the GP of Great Britain, 12th Formula Date 1. The Argentine pilot had to leave from boxes, after Alpine decided to take out the car out of the grid (he would occupy the last drawer) to install a new complete power unit in his A525. When the previous turn began, the Buenos Aires came out with the intermediate rain covers, with a track that began to dry under the sun that had already looked out. Franco could not be formed on the grill, because he had to start competition from Pits, The Estone team took the opportunity to change the tires. Once they lowered the cat’s car, he never started.

From the On Board Chamber of the car number 43 it could be seen how the Argentine reset everything. His steering wheel display went out and turned on again, but there was no case. The car did not start again. The team decided to withdraw it from the competition, while Collapinto on the radio, almost broken, said: “It can’t be, it can’t be.”

The Ex-Williams pilot had completed his best Friday in Silverstone. Since his arrival in the head of Alpine, replacing Jack Doohan, the Argentine had not managed to have a first clean day. In Great Britain, his sixth participation with the French Team, he could finally work better in the two training, completing his program, in constant progress in times and sensitivity with his indócile A525. In fact, no matter how much the final result found him behind his partner Pierre Gasly, Franco had felt more comfortable than the Frenchman.

It all started twisting on Saturday. After signing a good work in the essay (it was ahead of Gasly), in the classification came the error that mortgaged its weekend. In full Q1, the Argentine aggressively stepped on the piano in the entrance to the last curve and ended in a spin and touch the wall. There everything was complicated. It was last.

When the last starting drawer corresponded, Alpine chose to change the engine and the tuning of the A525, a situation that forced him to start from boxes. Finally, I would not be able to do it. In the statistics there will be a target for collapth in the GP of Great Britain, because when not starting it is not counted. His 15th race in F1 still did not arrive, he still has the 14 he fulfilled in Austria.