Colapinto rues poor start in Austria GP: «It was a bad day» | OneFootball

Franco Colapinto, Alpine’s Argentine driver, lamented the issues at the start that affected him in the Formula 1 Austrian GP, a race he finished in 15th place.

The 23-year-old from Pilar lost positions as soon as the Grand Prix got underway. “Nobody hit me. Everyone started passing me… I lost power, everyone started passing me. When it recovered a bit, I came out of Turn 1 and it went again. Everyone started passing me. I dropped to 22nd. I don’t know what happened. We have to understand why,” he explained.

Colapinto also stressed that “it was a difficult weekend with the engine and the electrical side” and regretted the troublesome start caused by the car’s failures. “It’s always one of our strengths, we always start well. Today I reacted well, I had a good first two or three meters and then the car just bogged down,” he said.

“It was a very bad day. No pace at all, very slow, with a lot of wheelspin. I got stuck behind the Williams cars at the start, it was very hard to pass. It was a long, tough race,” Colapinto concluded.

After finishing 15th in the Austrian GP, Franco Colapinto’s next outing will be at the British GP, at the legendary Silverstone circuit, on the weekend of Sunday, July 5.

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