Franco Colapinto head-to-head with Jack Doohan in Alpine test

Franco💧 Colapinto tested for Alpine for the first time in Barcelona.

Franco Colapinto
Franco Colapinto

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Franco Colapinto got his first outing for Alp🗹ine at the C♎ircuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Wednesday.

Alpine’s F1 executive advisor, Flavio Briatore, posted a video on his Instagram account, sho🔯wing Colapinto exitin𝐆g the A523 at the Spanish circuit.

Alpine were one of three teams p🐎resent at the Barcelona track, with Ferrari and McLaren testing for Pirelli.

With Alpine making the most🅠 of their TPC (testing of previous cars) mileage, specific details of how Colapinto or Jack Doohan fared are unclear as the team hasn’t mentio♔ned the test yet.

Regardless, Briatore was keen to put the spotligh﷽t on Colapi🦩nto, whose lap times will likely be compared to Doohan’s.

As Colapinto is only a reserve driver, there’s no lim🧸it to the amount of mile𝓰age he can do behind an older F1 car.

Foꦆr the 20 drivers on the grid, there’s a 1000km limit across the year.

A chance for Colapinto to impress?

ꦇDoohan is set to start the year as Alpine’s full-time driver alongside Gasly.

However, it’s widely expected that Colapinto will take his seat if t🌠♔he Australian fails to deliver the results.

Colapinto starred during his early races with Williams, replacing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Logan Sargeant in the middle of 2024.

However, a scrappy end to the campaign, littered with errors, and a widely-reported hefty buy-out-clause, meant interest cooled f🌄rom other teams such as Red Bull.

Alp💜ine unveiled Colapinto as their reserve and test driver at the start of 2025, but with rumours of Briatore being unconvinced about Doohan, a change mid-season is probably inevitable.

Briatore i꧋sn’t afraid to make brutal driver changes, particularly with the second driver in the team.

While the test in Barcelona was a chance for Doohan and Colapinto to get up to speed, Alpine previously used a test at Paul Ricard to compare Doohan and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mick Schumacher.

Doohan impressed Alpine✱ and was given the seat over Schumacher for 2025. 

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