By the time Franco Colapinto arrives in Budapest’s Hungaroring, his pointless 2025 will have extended into August. Joining the team to replace the similarly struggling Alpine driver Jack Doohan in May, the man from Pilar in Buenos Aires Province is under pressure to catch up to teammate Pierre Gasly as Formula 1 lands in Hungary.

Colapinto told Alpine’s press team of his “tricky weekend” in Spa-Francorchamps where he finished in 19th place but insisted that the team had made “steps forward” to be competitive. “It feels like we are just on the wrong end of some very small details, which I am confident will come right soon.”

Despite entering the sport to huge fanfare in 2024 with Williams, his progress has........

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