Colapinto slams Alpine: “The car takes the fun out of driving” | OneFootball

Franco Colapinto finished last in the Qatar Grand Prix qualifying of Formula 1, one position behind his teammate Pierre Gasly, and pointed out issues with the Alpine car: “We need to focus on tomorrow, but it's been a complicated weekend. Not having grip in the fast corners complicates everything and doesn't let you enjoy driving.”

Colapinto, who has yet to score points in the current top-tier season, continued: “We were both very slow overall, we are very far behind. It's a difficult car to drive, unstable, and doesn't feel fast. We have a lot to work on for tomorrow.”

On the other hand, he described the main problem of the French team: “We damaged the floor a lot in the first free practice because we have a lot of bouncing effect in the fast corners and we both went off track. We had to change it, but we don't have more and they used one from another time that has less downforce.”

Finally, the 22-year-old from Pilar concluded: “With the hard tire in FP1 it wasn't bad. We need to understand the car, it is what it is, what we have. That takes away your confidence and doesn't give you the stability we need to drive a Formula 1.”

For his part, Gasly commented that he was “a little disappointed” with his last qualifying lap and remarked: “It was very rough. We should be in position 16 or 15.”

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