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“Brilliant”: Flavio Briatore’s glowing praise for Colapinto after his Monza comeback

From Clarín · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

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  • Franco Colapinto recovered from 16th place to finish ninth at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, earning two points for Alpine after an error dropped him down the field.
  • Flavio Briatore called the Argentine’s recovery a brilliant drive and praised his contribution to the team.
  • Pierre Gasly finished seventh, giving Alpine two drivers in the points and helping it reduce the gap to Racing Bulls in the championship.

Franco Colapinto left the Italian Grand Prix in Monza in tears, convinced he had let a major opportunity slip away. Inside Alpine, however, the verdict was far more generous.

The Argentine started seventh, his best qualifying position since entering Formula 1, and briefly climbed to third after the red flag caused by Charles Leclerc’s heavy crash. While trying to keep advancing and fight with teammate Pierre Gasly, Colapinto lost control of his Alpine, crossed the gravel and ended up on the grass. The mistake dropped him to 16th and damaged the car’s floor.

Franco drove a brilliant race to recover and score valuable points for the team.

· Flavio BriatoreThe Alpine executive praised Colapinto’s comeback after the driver’s mistake at Monza.

His afternoon appeared to be over, but Colapinto fought back. He passed Carlos Sainz and Nico Hülkenberg, then used the restart after a Virtual Safety Car period to move ahead of Oliver Bearman and Gabriel Bortoleto. He later caught and passed Yuki Tsunoda to take ninth. He also chased Arvid Lindblad in the closing stages, but ran out of time for another pass.

This weekend has been positive for the team, with great moments such as yesterday's pole position and good points scored.

· Flavio BriatoreHe assessed Alpine’s overall performance at the Italian Grand Prix.

That recovery was what Flavio Briatore chose to emphasize. "Franco drove a brilliant race to recover and score valuable points for the team," the Italian said after the race. He also described the weekend as positive for Alpine, noting Gasly’s pole position the previous day and the team’s double points finish.

Gasly started from pole and finished seventh, while Colapinto completed Alpine’s second points-scoring result. Briatore said the team had reduced its championship gap to Racing Bulls and had put itself in a more competitive position after improving the car in recent races.

We were realistic about what could be achieved today and, in the end, the result was a fair reflection of our pace over a Grand Prix distance. Both drivers did a fantastic job throughout the weekend.

· Flavio BriatoreHe said the final result matched Alpine’s race pace and praised both drivers.

Colapinto saw the result differently. "I missed a very important opportunity for the team and for myself. Learn from this and keep going," he said in a self-critical message after the race. Briatore nevertheless judged both Alpine drivers to have done a fantastic job and said the final result fairly reflected the team’s pace over the full race distance.

I missed a very important opportunity for the team and for myself. Learn from this and keep going.

· Franco ColapintoColapinto expressed regret after his mistake and committed to learning from it.
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Originally published by Clarín in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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