🇺🇸 Austin GP 2025: Franco Colapinto Race Report
Intense weekend in Austin, Franco finished the race in P17.
Published
21 Oct 2025
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2 min
🏁 Franco Colapinto and his race in the United States
United States Grand Prix 2025– Circuit of The Americas (COTA)
📆 Date: 17-19 October 2025
📍 Location: Austin, Texas, United States
🌤️ Weather: Sunny
📊 Qualifying: P15
📈 Final result: P17
🏆 Race results
🥇 P1: Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing)
🥈 P2: Lando Norris (McLaren)
🥉 P3: Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
🇦🇷 P17: Franco Colapinto (Alpine)
🇫🇷 P19: Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
❌ DNF: Carlos Sainz (Williams)
📝 Race summary
The United States GP was a demanding weekend for our driver, with high temperatures and a car that struggled for grip in high-speed corners.
Franco started the race from P15, focusing on consistency, tyre and fuel management over 56 laps.
During his first stint on medium tyres, Franco kept pace in the midfield until lap 32, when he pitted to switch to softs. The weekend’s focus was on learning and improving car competitiveness for upcoming races.
🛠️ Weekend details
FP1:
25 laps. Best time: 1:34.653. Final position: P16.
Sprint Qualifying:
SQ1: P17. Best time: 1:35.246.
Sprint:
Result: P14. Time: 38:06.235.
Retirements: OCO, STR, NOR, PIA, ALO.
Race Qualifying:
Consistent laps, adjusting car balance and aerodynamics.
Result: P15. Best time: 1:34.039.
🏁 Race
🚦 Start:
From P15, cautious start; overtaken by OCO and BOR in the opening laps.
🛞 Tyres used:
Mediums at the start, switched to softs on lap 32.
⚡ Fastest lap:
1:39.173 (L54).
🌟 Speed at speed trap:
338 km/h (P2 overall), showing aerodynamic potential.
🏁 Final result: P17.
👀 Incidents and Safety Car
❌ Retirements: SAI on lap 5.
🚨 Safety Car: Virtual, not needed to remove the car.
Franco Colapinto statements
“It has been a challenging weekend for us as a team… We learned session by session, and the goal is to keep improving every time we are on track,” he said at the end of the day in Texas.
Positive takeaways: “We will keep working to be more competitive in Mexico.”
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Relive the experience live!
Read the full broadcast and all updates from the 2025 United States GP in Franco’s official app.
🗓 Next race
🇲🇽 Mexico City Grand Prix – Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
📅 Weekend: 24–26 October 2025
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