11/07/2025 15:35
Franco Colapinto has conceded that "talks" are taking place over
his Alpine future, but that he is "not concerned" that he could be
dropped. The Argentine driver was drafted in to replace Jack Doohan
after the Miami GP, with acting Alpine boss Flavio Briatore giving
Colapinto three major instructions to 'be fast, don't crash, and
score points.' Across his six races up until the British GP,
Colapinto has only out-qualified Pierre Gasly in Canada, crashed
multiple times and has no points. At Silverstone, he crashed out in
qualifying, before posting a DNS in the race after, according to
RacingNews365's sources, burning out the clutch during his
formation lap pit-stop. Rumours that Valtteri Bottas, Sergio
Perez, or even Doohan could replace Colapinto during the break
between Britain and Belgium have intensified, but Colapinto is
determined to continue to try and improve his situation. 'I'm not
very concerned," Colapinto began when asked by RacingNews365 if
there was any doubt he'd be in the Alpine for the Belgian GP. "Of
course, there are always talks and rumours, but I just need to keep
working and trying to help the team to improve the car. "We made
some good steps [at Silvestone], but it is definitely not what we
want."
