Colapinto endures tough Friday: 19th, 20th in Azerbaijan practice | OneFootball

Alpine once again showed serious difficulties and Franco Colapinto finished 20th in the second free practice session of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix

It was a black Friday for the Argentine driver Franco Colapinto. He finished 19th in FP1 ahead of his teammate Pierre Gasly with a best time of 1:45.299 during an opening training session that was halted for several minutes due to a problem on the track, preventing teams from fully developing their work plans.

Colapinto finished last in the second free practice

Meanwhile, in the second session, the Argentine finished last with his best lap at 1:43.322, which left him 0.648 seconds behind the fastest lap set by the Frenchman (1:42.674) and also 0.355 seconds behind 19th place, Fernando Alonso.

The 22-year-old driver completed a total of 34 laps on the street circuit of the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with his mind set on the third practice session this Saturday from 5:30 AM (Argentina time), which will serve as a prelude to qualifying (9 AM), the session that will determine the starting grid for the main race on Sunday, scheduled to start at 8 AM.

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