Colapinto wants to build on his last year’s Formula 2 victory at the Red Bull Ring

Forward of this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, Alpine driver Franco Colapinto reckons that he intends to construct on his final yr’s System 2 victory on the Purple Bull Ring.

Simply six races into the 2025 F1 season, Alpine determined to drop Jack Doohan and substitute the Australian with Franco Colapinto with speedy impact.

The Enstone-based outfit made the choice to axe Doohan after simply six races of the 2025 F1 season. The Australian failed to attain any factors to this point in 2025, having recorded his finest outcome with a Thirteenth-place end on the Chinese language Grand Prix.

Colapinto has accomplished 4 races to this point since he joined Pierre Gasly at Alpine. The Argentinean driver completed Thirteenth on the Monaco and the Canadian Grand Prix whereas he crossed the end line in Imola and Barcelona in P16 and P15 respectively.

Forward of this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix Colapinto famous: “It was not the outcome that we needed from the weekend in Canada, however we made good progress session by session and confirmed we had potential within the automotive. We simply must preserve working exhausting and preserve making steps in the suitable route forward of Austria this weekend.

“It’s a monitor I do know properly from racing in junior sequence, most lately, securing a podium in final yr’s System 2 Function Race. It is an actual drivers’ circuit, which means you want to nail all the things and preserve a very good, constant move because it’s such a brief lap time.

“The stress will likely be on to ensure we maximise all the things in Qualifying to provide us the very best probability of securing factors within the race,” Colapinto added.

“Signing off with a phrase for the premiere of the F1 Film, Colapinto mentioned: “Away from monitor final week, we made a stopover in New York Metropolis for the premiere of F1: The Film. It was a as soon as in a lifetime expertise to stroll the pink carpet in Occasions Sq. and meet Brad Pitt.

“Protected to say, it is going to be a day I will always remember. The film will likely be speak of the paddock this weekend and I’m excited for everybody to see it. On monitor, we stay very targeted and we all know we have to pull all the things collectively throughout the weekend in Spielberg to attain some all-important factors for the crew.”

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