Franco Colapinto Climbs the Ranks at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix 🇪🇸
Franco Colapinto secured 15th place at the Spanish GP after a strategic comeback from the back of the grid
Published
03 Jun 2025
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Franco Colapinto's Weekend in Barcelona 🇪🇸
Spanish Grand Prix – Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
📊 Qualifying: 18th
🏎 Laps Completed: 66/66
📈 Final Result: 15th
Race Results 🏆
🥇 P1: Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
🥈 P2: Lando Norris (McLaren)
🥉 P3: Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
P8: Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
P15: Franco Colapinto
Race Summary 📝
Franco Colapinto faced his third Grand Prix with Alpine at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya after a challenging qualifying session due to technical issues in his Alpine A525. Despite starting from the back of the grid, he showed consistency and determination, finishing 15th and gaining valuable experience in his adaptation to Formula 1.
Weekend Details 🛠️
Free Practice:
In FP1, Franco’s Alpine experienced rear overheating, limiting prep time before qualifying.
Qualifying:
He clocked 1:13.334s in Q1—enough to make Q2 at the time it was set—but a technical issue forced him to retire early, ending up as P19. He started 18th on Sunday after STR’s withdrawal.
Race Recap 🏁
🚦 Start:
Calm and collected from P18, maintaining constant communication with his engineer.
⬆️ Progress:
Gained positions through tyre management, strategy, pit stops, and overtaking OCO in the final minutes of the race. It was amazing!
🚨 Safety Car:
Deployed on lap 55 after ANT’s DNF; Franco used it to close in on the pack.
🏁 Finish:
Gained one more place after BEA received a penalty, finishing in P15.
Incidents and Safety Car 🚨
Clean race: No investigations or penalties for Franco.
Safety Car: Lap 55 due to ANT’s retirement.
Key Stats 🌟
⚡ Fastest Lap: 1:18.353 (lap 41, on soft tyres).
Sectors and Top Speed 📊
Sector 1: P15 – 23.136s / 275 km/h
Sector 2: P14 – 31.673s / 282 km/h
Sector 3: P12 – 23.544s
Final straight: P12 – 289 km/h
Speed trap: P11 – 337 km/h
📻 Team Communication
Franco maintained ongoing and constructive dialogue with his race engineer, making balance adjustments and refining strategy in real time.
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🗣️ Franco Colapinto’s Comments
“We had better pace today than during the rest of the weekend, which is a positive, but this is a tricky circuit to overtake, so overall it was difficult to make progress,” he said to the Alpine team.
When asked about managing the car, he added: “I know there are things I need to improve on, especially when it comes to maximising the car’s potential on low fuel.”
The best part is that his mindset remains optimistic and focused on building from here: “I’m really looking forward to continuing the hard work with the team over the coming days. There’s still a lot to learn heading into Montréal in a couple of weeks.”
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🗨 “Thanks for your effort throughout the weekend.”
— Franco Colapinto’s Engineer said at the end of the race 👏.
🗓 Next Race: Canadian Grand Prix – Montreal 📍 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Franco returns to the track from 13–15 June, making his debut at this iconic venue.
Free Practice:
Friday, 13 June
Qualifying:
Saturday, 14 June
Race:
Sunday, 15 June, Canada: 14:00 / Argentina: 15:00 / UK: 19:00.
📡 We’ll be broadcasting live all weekend from Montreal!
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Together, we keep moving forward! 🚀💙
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