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Colapinto Steps Into Monaco Weekend With Alpine Backing

Team support and a return to full practice put the Alpine rookie in a strong position to build on recent breakout results.

Overview

  • Franco Colapinto is running for Alpine at the Montecarlo street circuit and will take part in the weekend’s full practice program before qualifying and the 78-lap race.
  • Friday practice is set to include FP1 from 8:30 and FP2 from 12:00 Argentina time, with a third session and qualifying to follow on Saturday and the race on Sunday.
  • Colapinto arrives in positive form after career-best finishes of seventh in Miami and sixth in Canada, results that have raised his profile within the team.
  • Alpine advisor Flavio Briatore met Colapinto in Monaco and posted about delivering the driver’s new Alpine A390, a visible sign of team backing and promotional focus.
  • The Montecarlo layout rewards qualifying and clean laps because its narrow, wall-lined streets make overtaking hard, a factor that will shape Alpine’s approach and Colapinto’s weekend prospects while Kimi Antonelli leads the drivers’ standings and Mercedes tops the constructors’ table.