It was a weekend to forget at the F1 Mexico City GP for Franco Colapinto and Alpine. The Argentinian crossed the chequered flag last of the finishing cars, in 16th place, with teammate Pierre Gasly in 15th. A weekend riddled with performance struggles for Alpine. The French outfit aimed to bounce back from the clash…
An extremely frustrated Pierre Gasly was left bitterly disappointed by Alpine’s performance at the F1 US GP. He finished last of the runners in P19 at the end of the 56-lap contest. By Alpine’s recent standards, qualifying was pretty respectable as the 2020 Italian GP winner put his car in P14 on the grid. It…
The Singapore GP Qualifying session did not go as planned for Alpine F1 Team, with Colapinto taking P16, and Gasly P18. While Colapinto was able to complete his fast laps, the only interruptions coming from other drivers, Gasly faced an oil protection cut. This ended his session there and then, forcing him to pull over…
In July of this year, Alpine F1 Team announced Steve Nielsen as Managing Director, in wake of Oil Oakes’ departure. Nielsen has taken charge of day-to-day management of the team, ultimately reporting to Flavio Briatore. The moderator asked Nielsen about his return to Enstone in a Singapore Grand Prix Press Conference. Neilsen’s return to Enstone…
In the wake of Christian Horner’s sudden sacking from his long held Team Principal role at Red Bull Racing, questions of his future in F1 have been raised, with a potential partnership with Briatore rumoured. Following his sacking from Red Bull Racing in July, Christian Horner officially left the team last week. As his twenty…
Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso has opened up about his unusual suspension failure at Monza and the crucial points lost so far in the season due to misfortunes heading into the F1 Azerbaijan GP this weekend. Alonso was on course to finish in the top ten when his front-right pushrod gave way and forced him to…
Pierre Gasly remains committed to Alpine following a challenging F1 Italian GP. The French driver recently signed a contract extension with the Enstone-based team until the end of 2028. Unfortunately, Alpine are struggling this season. They currently sit at the bottom of the Constructors’ Championship, with Gasly having scored all their points. Gasly discusses Alpine’s…
Alpine left Zandvoort empty-handed despite both Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto showing promise in a chaotic wet-dry F1 Dutch GP. Split strategies briefly put both cars in contention, but ultimately neither driver converted the opportunity into points. Gasly explains Alpine’s gamble Gasly started from 14th and attempted a bold one-stop strategy, running 23 laps on…
Speaking at the F1 Hungarian GP, Franco Colapinto opened up about the challenges he’s faced with the A525 and the specific areas where he feels his confidence is lacking. The Argentine first made his mark in F1 as Williams’ “super sub” during the second half of the 2024 season, stepping in for Logan Sargeant and…
Franco Colapinto has finished Sunday’s F1 race for the Hungarian GP on 18th position, after initially starting P14. The Alpine driver believes that the race didn’t go their way, but some positives were still found on his side. Difficult Hungarian GP race for Colapinto Due to the nature of the Hungaroring, it’s difficult to overtake…
