Franco Colapinto crashed during a tire test in Hungary

ByDavid Mitchell
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Franco Colapintpilot of Alpine, suffered an accident during a Pirelli tire test in Hungaroring on Wednesday.

Collapint was Moved to the Circuit Medical Center behind him accident and Alpine confirmed in a statement that the Argentine pilot was “good”.

“During the second day of Pirelli tire tests in Hungaroring this morning, Franco Colapinto had an incident In curve 11 “, Alpine reported In a statement. “Franco was evaluated in the medical center and is well.”

Collapintyielded to Alpine by Williams, replaced Jack Doohan in May this yearbut he had difficulty obtaining good results with his teammate Pierre Gasly and failed to score.

He speculated a lot about his possible seat exit and his replacement by Doohan, the pilot reserves Paul Aron or even the pilot reserves of Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas, before the end of this season.

The accident of Collapint In Hungaroring it occurred after the race played on the weekend in the same circuit.

Curve 11 is A 228 km/h curve without much escape beyond the output piano. Alpine did not offer details about how the accident occurred.

Collapint It was selected by Alpine After their nine races with Williams in the second half of the 2024 season, in which he added five points.

The two -day test in Hungaroring It is carried out to evaluate the Pirelli 2026 tireswhich are slightly narrower than the current ones and are part of a much broader restructuring of the regulation for the next season.

Alpine was on track two days: aron behind the wheel on Tuesday for the Pirelli test, and Colapinto y Gasly, scheduled to share on Wednesday. The tire tests were performed with this year’s car, while Alpine also had a 2023 car in the test for Colapinto y Gasly.

After McLaren and Racing Bulls participated in Tuesday’s tests, Ferrari will do so Wednesday with a modified version of this year’s SF-25, designed to replicate the performance of a 2026 car in curves and lines.

The objective of the test is Make a final evaluation of tires construction by 2026what should Approve and homologous before September 1.

The work in the compounds for the next season will continue during Six more days of tests during the yearbefore they are approved on December 15.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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