Flavio Briatore changed the speech with Franco Colapinto

After having lowered his thumb in Zandvoort, Alpine’s mandamás spoke in Italy and did not rule it out as possible Pierre Gasly companion by 2026.

GP of Netherlands of F1. Flavio Briatore is consulted about Franco Colapinto and his chance to continue in Alpine in 2026, if he should see something else in the following races. The hard answer seems to have a single path to the Argentine, the exit door: “I have already seen everything, I do not think I need to see anything else. Maybe it was not time to have Franco in Formula 1. Maybe I needed another year to be part of Formula 1. I am not happy with the result. The important thing is the result. It really is not what I expected from Colapinto. ”But …

F1 Italy GP. From that statement only eight days passed. In Monza, the Sky Sports chain of Great Britain returns on the theme of Gasly’s partner by 2026, especially because a while before Alpine announced the extension of the French contract until 2028 (he won in 2026). The question is whether the other corridor for Estone Team is already defined. Italian’s speech is very different from that provided on the Dutch track. “No, He is not decided yet, but for the moment I think Franco is doing a good job. ”

This sudden was the change of opinion of Briatore. Perhaps, the good performance of Colapinto in Zandvoort (his best career since he arrived at French Team) modified his gaze to Piedmontés. So? “Colapint paid a little with inexperience at the beginning, like many of the novice pilots, young pilots. Now in the last three or four races it has been much more consistent, without errors. So, for the second seat, maybe it’s frank, let’s see. We have another four or five races to judge and then we will see,” Flavio closed. Everything, in just eight days.