F1: Franco Colapinto and Alpine looked at the head in the Hungary GP

The Argentine experienced a good improvement in the third training of the 14th date, after difficult Friday, surpassed his teammate and will arrive with more confidence to the classification.

“It is costing us a lot here. Tonight we have to understand why. We have to work hard to be better,” said Franco Colapinto after closing a very poor Friday at the Hungary GP, 14th Formula Date 1. In Alpine they rolled up and began to try changes to try to straighten the course in Hungaroring, in a season that comes from shipwreck in shipwreck. And, at least in the third essay, a clear improvement was noticed in the Argentine walk, who was 13th.

The Argentine pilot scored 1M16S247 in the second attempt of the last game of soft covers. The Estone team opted to turn its pilots with red tires throughout the session. That makes clear that the problem of French cars was in the quick lap. When they tested career rhythm in Friday’s batches, with the average roofs, they showed logical records, within the Alpine context. But they lacked speed. Therefore, the changes aimed to gain performance for classification, absolutely key item in Hungary, the circuit known as Monaco without wall, for the intricate and complicated thing that is to pass cars.

The Buenos Aires improved almost a second on Friday (he had stopped the clock in 1M17S159) and what was shown in the third essay invites us to think about the possibility of fighting to go to Q2. Franco took Pierre Gasly 323 thousandths, who was barely 18th. The Frenchman was more uncomfortable and failed to close any clean turn.

As color fact, Colapinto was just behind Max Verstappen, who was 12th, already 85 thousandths. But that is due to how bad Red Bull is in Hungary, not because Alpine is up to the world champion team (Yuki Tsunoda was 19th).

Nothing is definitive, of course. The qualy is missing, and that is where Alpine and Colapinto must show that the improvement was real and firm to think about a Sunday start closer to half of the grid. The team needs it and collapint, much more.