Franco Colapinto finishes 18th in first Dutch GP free practice in Formula 1 | OneFootball

The Argentine clocked a time of 1:12.276 and was just under two seconds behind Lando Norris, the session leader. Pierre Gasly, his teammate at Alpine, finished 10th, 1.335 behind.

Franco Colapinto finished 18th in the first free practice of the Dutch Grand Prix of Formula 1. The Argentine clocked a time of 1:12.276 and was just under two seconds behind the session leader, Lando Norris (1:10.278). Pierre Gasly, the other Alpine driver, finished tenth, 1.335 behind the Brit.  Review the highlights of the FP1 at Zandvoort.

After a three-week break, F1 returned on a more than complex circuit, not only because of its layout, somewhat outdated for these times and for the size of the cars, but also because of the weather conditions. The first free practice was marked by strong gusts of wind and dark clouds threatening possible rain that ultimately did not come. However, heavy rain is expected for the second session.

In this context, Colapinto took his first laps on the track in a Formula 1 car and was far from the leading positions. During his first laps with medium tires, he could not break the two-second barrier in relation to the McLarens and when he put on soft tires to practice qualifying pace, he did so by just two thousandths. Towards the end, they put yellow tires on him again and loaded him with fuel to adapt to race-like conditions. In total, the native of Pilar completed 26 laps.

The start of the practice was marked by several off-tracks, especially in the chicane that starts the third sector of the circuit. Lewis Hamilton spun, Yuki Tsunoda went off the track and a few seconds later Kimi Antonelli did the same. Unlike the Japanese, the Italian from Mercedes got stuck in the gravel and could not continue, causing the first red flag of the weekend.

McLaren confirmed their dominance with their drivers occupying the top two spots on the podium (Oscar Piastri finished second, 292 thousandths behind Norris) and another team that started the weekend on a good note was Aston Martin. Lance Stroll finished third, exactly half a second behind the Brit, while Fernando Alonso finished fourth, less than a tenth behind his teammate. The local, Max Verstappen, finished sixth, 0.940 behind the leader.

The positions of the FP1 in the Netherlands

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