Franco Colapinto, ready to run in Canada
The Argentine will play his fourth race with Alpine this weekend in the semi -permanent of Montreal, a track unknown to him.
After the three ranks in a row he played from his return to Formula 1 (Emilia-Romagna, Monaco and Spain), Franco Colapint noted as the tenth appointment of the 76th World Cup exercise. For the Argentine the challenge will be important because Gilles Villeneuve in Canada never ran in the semi -permanent.
Alpine worked hard in the period between races. Colapinto and Pierre Gasly, their teammate, traveled to the base of the Escudería in Estone to work together with the engineers in trying to find performance in the A525, the worst car from the grill these days. Flavio Briatore, director of the team, acknowledged the lack of performance of the car in statements before traveling to Canada: “We arrived in Montreal motivated to continue adding points after the result of Barcelona. Yes, the team won four points, but we have also lost ground in the championship, and this gives us a greater determination to rectify in the next races. Both Pierre and Franco are working hard with engineers to boost the team. They have all my support, and it is our responsibility as a team to provide them with a better car and the necessary tools to fight, ”said the Italian.
Then, Alpine’s mandamás dedicated a few words to Colapinto: “Although Franco is still adapting, I am happy with the effort of both pilots and the team to overcome a difficult situation. However, I am frustrated by the inconsistent performance of the car, something that we must quickly solve,” he said. The Buenos Aires had a very complicated race in Barcelona, in a weekend that he suffered with the reliability of the car (in the first essay and in the Q1, key moment), but in which he was not comfortable with the car and was very inconsistent with the times back, slowly going at the moment. After that appointment, Briatore had said in statements to Sky Germany: “If I said that I am happy now, I would lie. I’m not happy. Now we have to see how the season evolves for him. Of course you also have to recognize that Franco is very young and has a lot I head. ”
Colapinto acknowledged, in the previous of Montreal, that they did not find the expected performance: “We had many ups and downs as a team during the triple day. We did not obtain the results we were looking for, but we can see the potential and rhythm of the car when we combined everything. Pierre and I have spent time with the equipment in Estone to review the last races and work in the simulator for the next round. I really want the Canada Grand Prix and I am ready to return to the track. I never ran in the Gilles-Villeneuve circuit, so it will be key to me to familiarize myself as quickly as possible to prepare well for classification. The weather will probably influence during the weekend, as we have seen in previous years, so it is something to take into account. The goal is to complete a solid weekend and wait to add points on both sides of the box. ”
