Franco Colapinto recovered and closed a clean Sunday in Icola

After the accident of the classification of Saturday, the Argentine was refused, did not seek to do more than he could with the Alpine and completed the GP of Emilia-Romagna of F1.

“Now I am going to sleep a little, the ideas, “Franco Colapinto confessed after his strong accident in the classification of the Emilia-Romagna GP, Seventh date of the 76th Formula Season 1. The breakage of the entire Alpine front zone was the tamburello’s mistake. Undoubtedly, the Argentine had to cool his head, turn page and try to have a clean race. Get to the end, without going on shocks and that the car will arrive whole. And he fulfilled it. The Buenos Aires thus completed his tenth career in the highest category with the 16th final place.

The Escudería de Estone worked until the last minute allowed on Saturday, then began the touch of the park closed and 10 of this Sunday, when the work was enabled again, the mechanics resumed the tasks to leave the A525 of the Argentine ready. “Thank you for the work to repair the car last night and today in the morning,” was the Radio de Colapinto message in the middle of the previous turn, before leaving from the 16th place.

Making a neat race, adding kilometers and getting used to the car was the minimum goal before reaching Icola. After Saturday’s accident, he became the main goal. Maybe there is the caution with which he left the race: he lost with Esteban Ocon and Nico Hülkenberg. The almost immediate arrest of the French left him 17 and there he stayed for a long time. He only advanced for the arrests of the pilots and reached eighth place, but had to stop.

In the first part, Colapinto committed an excess in the seventh round in Rivazza and stepped down, lifting Leca. It was the only visible mistake of the Argentine throughout the competition, in which he finished 16th, the same place from which he had started.

His career rhythm had good moments and others, with high times, such as when the entry of the security car came. Two laps before the abandonment of Kimi Antonelli that caused the exit of the flagship car, the team asked the Argentine to let his partner Pierre Gasly pass, because he was traveling faster.

With the security car on the track, they took the opportunity to call Colapinto to Boxes and put new hard tires. From there, in the last dozen turns he made with the new compound, his rhythm was similar to Gasly (arrived 13) And the Argentine defeated him in the comparison of the fastest lap of each in the race. The Argentine marked 1M20S345, while the Frenchman made 1M20S607.

In just five days he will run again on a totally different track: the intricate street of Monaco. Do not make a mistake there will be key, because the walls are very close. Complete a clean weekend and improve in the rhythm will be the following objective.