Alpine started Sunday with arrangements in Franco Colapinto car
The team did not break the closed park and continued repairs five hours before the start of the Emilia-Romagna GP.
At 9.50, AM850.com stops Alpine’s box in the Enzo and Dino Ferrari de Imala Autodrome, where the Emilia-Romagna GP is disputed, seventh formula date 1. Inside, a desert. The two A525 of the Estone team are covered with a black cloth, but under different conditions: Pierre Gasly’s is armed while Franco Colapinto’s, no. The work of the mechanics on the Argentine’s car did not end on Saturday night, at which time the closed park regime began, in which the machines cannot be touched. If you have done it, you should have started the race from the boxes.
An Alpine member approaches and tells the situation: “There are ten minutes left to finish the closed park time. From that moment on we will continue the work. Last night we were up to a minute before entering a closed park, we covered it and left.”
The damage report included: front wing, front suspension from both sides and other front components. “The blow was hard, but the car will be OK,” adds Alpine’s member. The chassis did not suffer damage and both the gearbox and the engine are perfect.
At 9.55, an Alpine mechanic, coffee in hand, leaves the bottom of the box and gets ready to work. The FIA seer who controls that nobody touches that car (there is one per car) before 10 gets a little more alert. Before that I was calm. Just a couple of VIP guests of Formula 2 that had passed the cord that delimits the entrance had been the only movement. At 9.57 there were already three mechanics of the French Team Cerquita del Caro. At 9.59 one was already next. At the bottom of the box, a huge clock (it must be seen from the tribune in front of them more or less) It arrives at 10 and Alpine 43 is discovered. It is time to continue with the repair to leave it ready. And so, Colapint will start from the 16th position. At 11.45, the car is almost ready, the suspensions placed and only small details remain.
