Franco Colapint and an unequal fight with his Alpine in Monza
The Lombardy track where the F1 Italian GP is played is the temple of speed, just everything that lacks its French team car.
Miracles exist and go that there are examples in the history of Formula 1, sport or life in general. Now, If Alpine wants to add points this weekend, it must be entrusted to the religion that each of its members profess, perform all possible promises and turn on thousands of candles. There is no way that the Estone team manages to clear the X in the equation called Monza, the headquarters of the Italy GP16th date of exercise 2025 of F1. The Lombardy track is the temple of speed. Well, if something is missing at A525 is … speed.
The Renault engine is the least pushes. It is not new, it is a situation that the rhombus suffers since 2022, when the category, the FIA and the teams decided to freeze the development of the drivers. The attempt of the French of a temporary defrosting to try to bring the power closer was discarded from rennet by the rivals. Thus, to row. If that is added that by decision of the team’s dome, any development in the A525 was put aside to put all the effort in the 2026 car, which will arrive with the new regulation … Flavio Briatore himself recognized as an error that decision, rather as an innocence of thinking that everyone would do the same. The story was different.
Well, impossible to clear the X. Alpine does not walk on the very fast track of Monza, which has a very high average. To try to equate forces, the two chassis are very aerodynamically discharged. Thus, in the speed trap in the straight line, the difference is shrinked, but, my friend, when you have to put it in the curves or chicanas … In that context it is no surprise that Pierre Gasly has been 18 in the two batches and that the other car has been last, with Paul Aron in the initial session and with Franco Colapinto in the last.
Thus, for the Argentine, in an unequal fight with the rest, the internal battle remains. More than ever, Buenos Aires must be measured with Gasly on Italian weekend, because it is the only one you can fight with. And at the time of spinning with soft tire, the Argentine was 462 thousandths of the Frenchman, almost the same difference that was located in the first round (half second nailed). According to the Argentine, he suffered with lack of grip on the rear train.
Miracles exist, but everything indicates that it will be a very long weekend for Alpine. Obviously they will work to get better to Saturday, but the remaining nine teams will also. And the main difference will not be solved. “It costs us in the lines, we knew it was going to happen,” said Colapinto. At least, for Franco, it was that he is one of the few pilots who did not make an excursion on the LECA, as happened with the majority, including Gasly. Having a neat career and being well attached to your partner will be the goal for everything good in Zandvoort to have continuity.
