Franco Colapinto, frustrated by the performance of his Alpine in China

The Argentine was far behind his teammate Pierre Gasly and will have to start 16th in the sprint race on the second F1 date.

Grim gesture. Frustration and annoyance combined on Franco Colapinto’s face after qualifying for the sprint in China, the second round of Formula 1. The Argentine moved just enough to SQ2 and there he was the slowest, almost a second behind his teammate Pierre Gasly, who reached the third place and took seventh place for the short competition this Saturday.

The Argentine had a difficult start to the only free practice of the Chinese event with a spin and even suffered a problem with his Alpine that stopped on pit road. However, he had completed his work and only 271 separated him from the Frenchman. But in qualifying everything was for the worse.

“I would like to know what happened, I’m lost with the qualy because I was very far from Pierre. I was close in practice, but I didn’t make the jump for qualifying. There is a lot to work at night. I lacked a lot of performance on my side of the garage, so we will have to work during the night and come back better tomorrow“Collapinto told AM850, almost unwilling to talk.