Overview
- Briatore told media Wednesday that Alpine will make a call on Colapinto’s future before the mid‑season summer break and will use the Austria, Britain, Belgium and Hungary rounds as a performance window.
- Colapinto begins that run at the Red Bull Ring this weekend where he has strong junior results, including a 2024 Formula 2 feature race podium, giving him a familiar track to press his case.
- Team sporting director Steve Nielsen said Alpine will bring new components and is focused on improving qualifying pace because better Saturday performance is the clearest way to lift race results.
- Colapinto arrives in Austria with positive momentum after Barcelona, where a post‑race penalty dropped him from eighth to tenth and left him with one point from the weekend.
- Briatore framed Colapinto as talented but unfinished and said the driver’s sustained on‑track pace plus a constructive working relationship with Gasly will be key to any renewal, while Colapinto’s popularity and BWT ties add commercial weight to the decision.