Colapinto suffers crash during Pirelli’s Hungaroring tyre test, Leclerc gets behind the wheel of Ferrari

On the second day of the Pirelli tyre improvement testing in Mogyoród, Alpine driver Franco Colapinto crashed throughout a Pirelli tyre take a look at on the Hungaroring on Wednesday.

Simply two days after the Hungarian Grand Prix, Pirelli was again on monitor on Tuesday with McLaren, Racing Bulls and Alpine on the Hungaroring to hold out a take a look at session, centred on improvement of the 2026 tyres.

Commenting on the goal of the operating, Pirelli revealed that: “within the morning, the drivers carried out brief runs to examine the efficiency stage of every of those, earlier than switching to longer runs within the afternoon to look at their behaviour over longer distances.”

The three groups all ran mule automobiles, tailored to suit the size of the 2026 tyres which, whereas retaining the 18” diameter, are 25 mm narrower on the entrance and 30 on the rear. McLaren and Alpine’s automobiles had been based mostly on their 2023 mannequin, whereas Racing Bulls used one from final season.

All three drivers on monitor at this time had additionally been on the wheel over the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend: McLaren fielded race winner Lando Norris, within the Racing Bulls was Liam Lawson, whereas Paul Aron, who had pushed within the first free observe session final Friday for Sauber, was behind the wheel of the Alpine.

Testing has continued at this time, with Alpine’s present line-up of Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly and Hungarian GP pole-sitter Charles Leclerc set to get behind the wheel of the modified A525 and SF-25, respectively.

Nonetheless, throughout at this time’s operating on the Hungaroring, Colapinto suffered a crash at Flip 11. The Argentinean driver was taken to the circuit medical centre after the accident and Alpine confirmed in an announcement the Argentine driver was “OK.”

“Throughout day two of Pirelli tyre testing on the Hungaroring this morning, Franco Colapinto had an incident at Flip 11,” Alpine stated in an announcement. “Franco was assessed on website on the medical centre and is OK.”

The motive force from Buenos Aires, who’s on mortgage to Alpine from Williams, changed Jack Doohan on the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, however has struggled for outcomes alongside teammate Pierre Gasly and failed to attain some extent.

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