Why regulations rule Colapinto out of FP1, his Hungary schedule | OneFootball

Franco Colapinto will not take part in the first free practice session in Hungary due to a strictly regulatory issue imposed by the FIA. The rules of the top category require all teams to give four practice sessions per year to rookie drivers (two for each regular race car). For this reason, Alpine chose this weekend, ahead of the summer break, for its reserve driver, Estonian Paul Aron, to make his first official appearance of the season behind the wheel of car number 43.

Aron will take Colapinto’s seat for the opening 60 minutes of FP1 to fulfill the first of the Argentine driver’s two mandatory car handovers. The Estonian driver himself praised his time in the simulator and said: “I’m really looking forward to getting behind the wheel of the A526 for my first Free Practice 1 session with the team this season.”

Colapinto’s schedule for the rest of the weekend:

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