Franco Colapinto: “I was doing a good day”

The Argentine was very counterpart after the error he made in the Q1 of the GP of Great Britain and that will force him since the 12th date of F1.

Probably, if it were not for the obligation to have to attend to the press after the classification, Franco Colapinto would have preferred to go directly to Alpine’s offices And avoid any dialogue after the mistake he made in the classification of the GP of Great Britain, 12th F1 date, and that left his alpine damaged and lying on the Silverstone track in the middle of the Q1.

Notoriously stinking, he cooled the AM850 microphone in the press corralito arranged for the talk with the media and, with a long face, spoke briefly. “He was doing a good day. Obviously we do not close it well, we must continue working because it is costing us a lot on this track. A pity, you have to continue focused on tomorrow, ”said Colapint. The moment in which it occurred enlarged the ruling: it was in his second attempt with the soft tires and was not improving what was done in the first. It was to abort, go to boxes and try to get into the Q2 with a new cover game. The piano error also committed it in Icola, its premiere as head of Alpine, but already at the close of the Q1, when it sought to seal the passage to the second segment.

“I had started to rain a little too, I don’t know what happened, I don’t have certainty. A shame because we could have done a good job. We made some passages to improve the car in general, we had taken a step, but it is hard for us to make the leap so that the car has stability and is predictable in fast laps. The car is not the best for now.I wore out of the last curve, I stepped on the piano and lost the car in a rather aggressive way. A shame not to have been able to continue, ”Collapinto explained.

Later, the Argentine spoke about the rumors that point to the possibility of losing his place in Alpine: “I am not very worried. Of course, there are always conversations. I just need to continue working and helping the team improve the car. Today it was not ideal. I think we took some steps forward, but it was definitely not what we wanted,” he said in statements to Motorsport.com.