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3w ago

Alpine’s Spa Setbacks Leave Colapinto 17th After Pit-Lane Sprint Start

A revised rear wing prompted a pit-lane Sprint start that collapsed under soft-tyre degradation, exposing Alpine’s low-downforce vulnerability.

Lionel Scaloni estuvo en el corazón del equipo Alpine junto con Franco Colapinto y Flavio Briatore
Lionel Scaloni dialoga con Max Verstappen en el Circuito de Spa-Francorchamps.
Franco Colapinto afronta este sábado su primera carrera del fin de semana en Spa-Francorchamps
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Overview

  • Alpine’s decision to fit a revised rear wing after Friday’s first practice relegated Franco Colapinto to a pit-lane start in Saturday’s Sprint.
  • Colapinto ran the lone soft-tyre strategy, which lost performance immediately and dropped him to 19th as Max Verstappen claimed the Sprint win.
  • Pierre Gasly suffered a water-leak issue that delayed his Sprint start by two laps and ultimately forced his retirement from the 15-lap dash.
  • In main qualifying, Colapinto was eliminated in Q1 and will line up 17th for Sunday’s Grand Prix while Gasly secured 12th on the grid.
  • Alpine, currently last in the Constructors’ standings with no upgrades planned, is poring over rear-wing and tyre data to boost the A525’s reliability and pace on low-downforce tracks.