Everyone knows The passion with which you live Soccer In countries like Argentina. It transcends and goes much further than anywhere else. But Formula 1 is also one of the most followed sports in Messi’s country, Above all, since one of theirs has highlighted and points to figure. It’s about Franco frankntotothat last year he already played several great awards as a pilot Holder in Williams And now it is part of the template of Alpine reserve pilots.
This week, the error of a sound technician from an Argentine TV exposed one of the unknowns that surrounded the pilot in recent months. The president of YPF, Horacio Marín, whose company sponsors him, said in antenna not knowing anything about the debut of the Argentine as head of Alpine, but when the broadcast went An open micro “betrayed” and pointed out that It would be in Isola, in two weeks.
He will do it replacing Jack Doohan, son of the mythical 500cc world champion, that was never part of the BRIATORE ORBIT, But that he was already in the team before the Italian took the command again, not executively, but at the time of Make decisions.
It is speculated that Doohan has a contract that specifies that if it did not add a certain number of points in the first five races, The address could do without him. It will not be to the fifth, But to the seventh. Briatore does not consider him a “top” pilot like his partner, Gasly, And besides Colapinto provides sponsorsas is the case of the oil company. Remember that Briatore was the one He raised F1 pilots like Schumacher and Alonsoand wants to continue discovering talents. But things are never easy with Italian. Already in 2002, Alonso was relegated to Piloto reserves in favor of Jenson Button in Renault, although a year later he left there was the British. Before influential English press He threw himself over Brirator, but in just some races Alonso was in charge of giving his boss, representative and friend.
Briatore is not characterized by its goodness With the pilots and you have to remember hard episodes like the one he had with Nelsinho Piquetthat uncovered the «crashgate» (The premeditated accident in Singapore that gave the victory to Alonso, which seconds before he went through boxes to change wheels before the security car came out …) subtle and ended up becoming A strong sanction for Briatore after time. Doohan has not added points and also, two strong accidents have cost the team more than two million euros.
