Overview

• After placing 18th in FP1 at Zandvoort, Franco Colapinto jumped to ninth in FP2 with a 1:10.957 on softs, about 1.067 seconds off Lando Norris.
• Alpine highlighted the session on its channels, posting praise for Colapinto’s P9 as his best practice showing since joining the team.
• Flavio Briatore said the team may have erred by promoting Colapinto too soon, arguing the 22‑year‑old might have needed another year and that results have fallen short of expectations.
• Williams chief James Vowles countered by recalling Colapinto’s strong debut with lower pressure and urged context about how pressure can distort performance.
• Colapinto described the A525 as unpredictable with a narrow operating window and his future beyond 2025 remains uncertain, with reports of a race‑by‑race assessment for 2026.