Overview

• Alpine confirmed Paul Aron will drive the A525 in Friday’s first practice at Monza, with Franco Colapinto returning from FP2 through the race.
• The team described the change as regulatory, noting F1 mandates rookie running in FP1 sessions for each car twice per season.
• It will be Aron’s first FP1 with Alpine’s A525 after earlier FP1 appearances this year with Sauber, according to the team and media reports.
• In its Zandvoort debrief, Alpine admitted its plan for Pierre Gasly “did not work” and said Colapinto finished 0.448 seconds shy of scoring.
• Colapinto said “we didn’t help each other at all” after the late team-order delay, while Gasly called staying out on hards risky and “unfortunately it didn’t work.”