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Alpine Endures Another Scoreless Spa Weekend With Colapinto Faltering

Back-to-back 19th-place finishes for Colapinto leave Alpine bottom of the standings, prompting a push to overhaul car performance with revised strategy ahead of Hungary.

Lionel Scaloni estuvo en el corazón del equipo Alpine junto con Franco Colapinto y Flavio Briatore
FRANCORCHAMPS (Blegium), 27/07/2025.- Alpine driver Franco Colapinto (front) of Argentina and Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Italy in action in the 2025 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, 27 July 2025. (Fórmula Uno, Bélgica, Italia) EFE/EPA/OLIVIER MATTHYS
Lionel Scaloni dialoga con Max Verstappen en el Circuito de Spa-Francorchamps.
Franco Colapinto afronta este sábado su primera carrera del fin de semana en Spa-Francorchamps

Overview

  • Colapinto qualified 19th for the Sprint and 17th for the main race but started both from the pit lane after rear-wing modifications.
  • He ran the Sprint on soft tyres as the only driver on that compound, suffered rapid degradation and finished 19th.
  • Pierre Gasly also began the Sprint from the pit lane and retired after two laps when a water leak forced him out.
  • Alpine remains last in the constructors’ standings on 19 points—all scored by Gasly—while Colapinto has now gone seven races without a point.
  • With no midseason upgrades on its A525 chassis, Alpine has secured a 15% increase in aerodynamic testing time to guide technical and strategic changes before Hungary.