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In what would be a worrying development for Franco Collapinto, Alpine’s head, Flavio Briateore, has made it clear that the only way to stay with the team is acting. The Argentinian attracted the attention of Paddock F1 when he made his debut with Williams as a replacement of Logan Sargeant.
The driver was instantly at the pace, which surprised many that they had seen Alex Albon dominated all of Williams’ teammates. Since Carlos Sainz He joined the team in 2025, and there was no Franco Collapinto slot on the squad, which caused the Flavio Briator d’Alpine to take a point over the young Argentine.
In order to shoot Franco Collapinto, Jack doohan It had to be neglected even though the Australian had shown an impressive rhythm by achieving the best of Pierre Gasly in multiple qualification sessions. The Argentine, therefore, joined the team in the midst of many expectations.
His actions, however, have not been to the rule that many expect from him. The first qualification session in Imola saw that Franco Collapinto had a massive discomfort and, therefore, an impressive race. Monaco was not much better for the Argentine.
Directing to the F1 Spanish GP, comparisons have been made with Jack Doohan, who possibly had a better start against Pierre Gasly on the team.
The question about Franco Collapinto’s future was put in Flavio Briateore during the press conference on Friday. The alpine head considered it too soon to judge the good or the bad thing that the Argentine is, however, it made it clear that the future of the team’s driver depends on the performance and, if it is not there, Collapinto will not be in the seat. Said,
“Franco Collapinto has to wait a second to judge Franco. We see this race. We need the full race. We did Monte Carlo. It was a very special race for everyone. We made a lot of mistakes in the qualification. And in Montecarlo, you know, qualifying for the race. Especially this breed. Monte Carlo, was very boring.
Added,
“If Collapinto works, drives the car. If not, we will see. In 2025 it is a year we have to prepare -for 2026. So any experiment that needs to do, we do it. I do not know at this moment if Franco will stay for the season or not, but we leave it. It depends on the performance. We are only looking at the representation, nothing more.”
As Flavio Briatore took over things in Alpine, an area that has seen a lot of turbulence is the line of drivers. Italian was not a great fan of Esteban OconAnd the French driver was sent to the packaging before his farewell career at Abu Dhabi. Ocon was replaced by Jack Doohan, who always had a sword hanging on his head.
Even before the start of the season, there was a sword hanging on his head, and finally, this was exactly what happened, as the Australian was fired by Franco Collapinto a weekend where his teammate, Pierre Gasly, left. The Argentine would know that Flavio Briatore can be very heavy in his approach, as has been evident in his previous episode to the F1.
The only way to keep his seat will be fine, and if the driver is able to do it well, he will have a longer rope inside the team.