Alpine lines up upgrades for Colapinto at the Dutch GP | OneFootball

Alpine will arrive at the Dutch Grand Prix with updates for its cars, a development that has raised expectations for Franco Colapinto ahead of Formula 1’s return after the mid-season break.

The French team needs to regain performance after ending the first half of the championship below its expectations. At the last Grand Prix, held in Hungary, Alpine finished well outside the points and also lost ground to Racing Bulls and Audi.

The team has 61 points and sits sixth in the Constructors’ Championship, just five behind Racing Bulls, which has 66. That is why the goal for the second part of the year will be to regain competitiveness and get back into the fight for fifth place.

Alpine director Steve Nielsen confirmed that the team will bring some upgrades to Zandvoort and that they will be evaluated during practice before Sprint qualifying. The Grand Prix will feature the Sprint format, so Alpine will have little time to verify how the new parts perform.

Colapinto, for his part, said he is excited about the return of the action and highlighted that Zandvoort is a circuit he knows and enjoys. The Argentine will look to make the most of the upgrades to regain his pace and break back into the top ten.

The action will begin this Friday, August 21, with the only free practice session and Sprint qualifying. The Sprint race will be on Saturday, while the Dutch Grand Prix will take place on Sunday the 23rd at 10 a.m. Argentine time.

With Alpine ready to test new solutions on the A526, the weekend at Zandvoort will be an important first test to determine whether the work done during the break will allow Colapinto and Pierre Gasly to make up ground in the second half of the season.

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