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Alpine Ships Lotus E20 as Colapinto’s Buenos Aires F1 Road Show Scales Up for April 26

City planners expanded the Palermo route to manage a crowd expected to approach 500,000.

Overview

  • Alpine, which posted Thursday, showed the 2012 Lotus E20 being packed and sent to Buenos Aires for Colapinto’s street run on April 26.
  • In response to demand, the city extended the circuit by about 900 meters along Avenida del Libertador to Casares and Ugarteche, with a new stretch on Avenida Sarmiento.
  • Paid tickets sold out in under an hour, and organizers expect a near half‑million turnout with free viewing at Plaza Intendente Seeber and Plaza Sicilia.
  • The program features two show runs, temporary pit structures and safety barriers, with live coverage planned on ESPN and Disney+.
  • Colapinto will drive a V8‑powered Lotus once raced by Kimi Räikkönen and Romain Grosjean, a choice driven by F1 rules that bar current cars from non‑race events and one that will deliver a louder, old‑school sound.