Franco Colapinto touched the points in the GP of the Netherlands

The Argentine closed his best career with Alpine and finished 11th in the layout of Zandvoort, half a second from the chance to keep the last unit.

Was it enhanced after listening to the lapidary statements of Flavio Briperrore on Friday? “Maybe it was not the time to have Franco in Formula 1. Maybe I needed another year to be part of Formula 1. I am not happy with the result. The important thing is the result. It really is not what I expected from Collapint. The hard judgment of Piedmontés had livelihood: the three commandments that had marked the Argentine had not been fulfilled. “Being fast, not crashing and adding points,” were the basic guidelines. None of this had been fulfilled and the Pope septuagenarian took its toll in public.

Except for some rhythm sparkle, the Argentine had not signs of that collapth that had a glowing appearance in the first races with Williams of 2024, those that had led Briat to add him to the hosts of the Team de Estone. But Franco had not responded as expected. In the midst of all the noise that Flavio unleashed, the number 43 completed its best weekend of 2025 in the GP of the Netherlands.

During the weekend, the French media Autohebdo He published that Alpine has already decided that Colapinto will not continue in 2026 and that his place will be occupied by Yuki Tsunoda or Paul Aron. It is worth clarifying that Autohebdo He has arrived at Team and was one of the first who announced that the Argentine would replace Jack Doohan. With all that load, the Argentine had to run in the narrow and short layout of Zandvoort and touched the points: He was 11 in his best work from the landing in Alpine.

The Buenos Aires started with soft tires from the 16th place. Pierre Gasly, his partner, stung with media. In the start, Colapinto was behind the French and in the third round it beat him. From that moment on, the 43 could not open the gap that was expected by having a softer compound. Therefore, a handful of turns later had to give way to Gasly. The race broke with the safety car revenues, for the accidents of Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and, finally, due to the engine break in Lando Norris.

Neutralizations and abandonments turned everything into a strategy and lucky career. As happened to the Haas, who started from the bottom and bet to start with harsh and make a very long Stint. When the tires no longer gave, the entrance to boxes and the irremediable return to track behind Colapint was coming. But Kimi Antonelli arrived and a macanon of those who commit more and more regular. He crashed Charles Leclerc in an unusual way and Safety Car saved American cars.

Alpine chose to stop Colapinto and not Gasly, who was eighth. Franco was involved in the fight of 14 onwards with Alonso, Hülkenberg, Bortoleto, Tsunoda … The Frenchman lost places with old hard tires and the Argentine advanced. But there was something else: Norris motor break, his McLaren lying on the track and another security car. Alpine played a plenary and stopped again to Colapinto and placed soft covers for the last four laps. And it flew.

He quickly beat Hülkenberg and went for Ocon. In front of both, Gasly. Haas beat Pierre, who had already run out of chances of adding points, for more sanction Antonelli (15 seconds; ten for the clash to Leclerc and five for exceeding the speed on the track). There came the hot time that will generate tremors inside Alpine. Because Colapinto, with new and faster tires, had to go to Gasly. But Pierre did not give him the place, they were clenched in a battle that only harmed the entire Estone Team. When the order arrived for Pierre to give way to Franco, it was already late. The Argentine crossed the goal 12 and advanced to 11th with the recoil of Antonelli. If Gasly had given her before, the Argentine could have come to attack Haas, shoes with soft tires and several laps.

Colapinto got out of frustrated because the chance of adding points was never so close in 2025, due to lack of self -performance and because his walk was not consistent either. In Zandvoort, just on the weekend that he spoke most about his future, the Argentine complied with two of the three commandments of Briatore: it was fast and did not crash. To fulfill the third, a larger collaboration of his partner was necessary. The Italian said that he does not need to see anything more to know what to do with Franco by 2026. Maybe the decision is made, maybe that is why the Argentine kicked the board and went out with strong statements against his partner. Many speculations. The concrete thing is that after much Bregar, he managed to close his best weekend with Alpine.