Colapinto finishes 14th in final practice, gears up for Monza GP qualifying | OneFootball

After a Friday once again marked by slowness and concerns, Franco Colapinto changed the face of Alpine at the start of this weekend and placed 14th in the last free practice of the Monza Grand Prix of Formula 1. The Argentine driver was seven tenths behind the leader Lando Norris, from McLaren, and was faster than his teammate Pierre Gasly, in 18th place.

This Saturday he seemed much more comfortable and confident in his single-seater, and this was reflected on the Italian circuit where he made his debut in the top flight aboard a Williams just over a year ago. He had a great lap that allowed him to improve his time to 1:20.034 (0.213 faster than the Frenchman who just renewed his contract with the team), climb four positions and be so far the best record of the team.

This performance in FP3, in which Charles Leclerc (1:19.352 with Ferrari) and Oscar Piastri (1:19.496 with McLaren) closed the podium, allows him to approach the classification that will take place from 11. Colapinto comes from being very close to scoring his first points in the Dutch GP and dreams of having a perfect weekend.

It is worth noting that the Argentine did not do his first training, as the reserve Paul Aron was in his place, who spun in the middle of the track and finished 20th. He did show up in the second but also finished last and caused concern in Alpine. "We have to be calm for tomorrow, but we have to look for much more performance because we are very far away," he had tried to calm the waters yesterday, as a preview of what was to come.

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