The F1 is located in the Miami International Autodrome to play this weekend the sixth round of the 2025 season, the Miami Grand Prix, and for the fourth consecutive occasion Franco Colapinto will follow the remote events.
The Argentine pilot, after having been present as a reserve pilot in the first great awards of the year, in Australia and in China, has since dedicated himself to help Alpine working since the headquarters of the team in Estone.
From there, Colapinto has been collaborating to improve the tuning of the cars of Pierre Gasly and Jack Doohan with long working days in the team simulator during the race weekends.
He had speculated that Miami is the place where Colapinto would be present in the Paddock next to Alpine, but that was not the case, and Paul Aron is the one who will fulfill the role of reserve paper once again.
Motorsport.com He asked this Friday in Miami David Sánchez, technical director of Alpine, how important was the support that Colapinto was giving to the team from the simulator.
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“The simulator support is very important before the race weekend, during the weekend and in the correlation after the event,” began the Frenchman, who joined Alpine last year.
Sanchez said that as an extra for the work in the simulator, the fact that Colapinto has already played races in Formula 1 after the nine major awards ran by the Argentine pilot in the final part of last season, something that is not usual for pilots who fulfill those functions in other teams.
“Franco is part of our team of simulator pilots and, until now, he is doing a good job. It is undoubtedly useful when many data from the track are obtained on Friday and the car is tried to polish for the next day.”
“You have to try to anticipate the conditions, wind and track temperature, and in that case, having an experienced pilot is undoubtedly a great help,” he concluded.
On the other hand, Alpine brought improvements for this weekend at the Miami Grand Prix, where he has modified the front brake ducts and the elements of the front suspension to improve the flow in this area and increase the effectiveness of brake cooling.
In this regard, Sánchez explained: “I think it is definitely to focus on that every small performance detail that we can contribute to the car makes the difference in the position (on the track), while when the differences in the car are greater, it is always thought that you can make the car faster, but if it will not make a difference on the track, in the position, it is always expected a little more to bring a larger package. While it can be found in the car. whether new pieces or optimize the package. “
