Franco Colapinto: “I have good memories of Baku”

The Argentine pilot returns to the street route of Azerbaijan, the place where he reaped his first points in F1. With Alpine, he will try to maximize opportunities.

There are cairns in the career of an athlete who are indelible in memory. For Franco Colapinto, the street of Baku, where the Azerbaijan GP is disputed is one of those: that was where he got his first points in Formula 1. It was in 2024, in the midst of his brilliant appearance with Williams, and in his second career in the highest category he signed the eighth place and took four units for his personal account and for Grove Team. “I am ready to return to Baku, where I got my first points in Formula 1 last year. I have good memories last year, since I finished eighth and got my first points in Formula 1, so it is always a good memory,” said the Argentine in the previous one of the 17th date of exercise 2025.

ORn year later returns to the Urban Azerbaijan in a very different context. With the weak Alpine, the options to end in the annotation zone seem almost a chimera. “This weekend we will focus on preparing ourselves to take advantage of the opportunities that will undoubtedly arise in such a demanding circuit. We know that it will not be easy, but we will do everything possible to maximize our results, ”said Colapinto.

The Buenos Aires comes in raised. His last three races were the best, always within the context of weakness of the A525, the worst car of the grid. There is much talk about these days of the future of Colapinto and Flavio Briatore, the highest authority of the team, he already warned that at the end of October it will be announced who Pierre Gasly’s partner will be in 2026. Meanwhile, the names on possible replacements of the Argentine will arise. It will depend on his work and maintain the path that began in Hungary to keep his actions high to be chosen, beyond, as always happens, on the economic support that accompanies him. Franco knows that, at this time, and after a succession of complicated competences and that they did not conform to Briatore, he has no margin of error.

“I feel good in the car right now, although Monza was a challenge for the team. We took some time to inform us and visit Estone last week to prepare for Azerbaiyan this weekend,” Colapìnto closed.