Overview

• An official F1 post affirms Franco Colapinto will remain in the Alpine seat for the rest of 2025 and highlights his natural speed.
• Colapinto has yet to score after eight starts as Alpine struggles, with the team’s 20 points all supplied by Pierre Gasly.
• His mid-season call-up to replace Jack Doohan came without pre-season testing and with a new race engineer, complicating adaptation.
• The Race published a blunt mid-year assessment, labeling him one of the season’s big losers and urging a sustained upturn in form.
• Reports indicate Valtteri Bottas will join Cadillac for 2026, softening external pressure on the seat as Colapinto returns at Zandvoort on Aug. 29–31 with ten races remaining.