Overview

• Alpine has confirmed Franco Colapinto will race for the team through the end of the 2025 season despite failing to score points in eight Grands Prix.
• Colapinto wrote off his Alpine A525 in a heavy crash during a two-day Pirelli tyre test at the Hungaroring but emerged unhurt.
• The team sits rock bottom of the constructors’ standings after the mid-season swap failed to deliver performance gains.
• Rookie Jack Doohan, axed after six point-less races, shared on Instagram that he is training intensely to return to the cockpit.
• Flavio Briatore’s public rotation strategy has sparked calls for Alpine to reverse course and reinstate Doohan.