Overview

• Alpine confirmed Estonian reserve Paul Aron will drive the A525 in Friday’s first practice at Monza, with Franco Colapinto back in the car from FP2 through the race weekend.
• The team move fulfills the 2025 rule requiring each car to be handed to a rookie for two practice sessions during the season.
• Colapinto arrives off a career-best Alpine finish of 11th at Zandvoort, crossing the line 0.448 seconds shy of the final point.
• Alpine’s post-race review conceded its Gasly-focused plan “didn’t work,” after reports described a delayed position swap that left Colapinto little time to challenge for 10th.
• Following Colapinto’s criticism of team cooperation and a wave of online reaction, Alpine published a community code for conduct across its channels; F1’s power ranking omitted Colapinto but listed Pierre Gasly ninth.