And one day, rumors are over. It is already official. Franco Colapint will climb a car and debut in Formula 1 as a Alpine pilot. He will occupy the seat that until now belonged to Jack Doohan, who will become the new reserve pilot of the team. And so, the Argentine prepares to say present on the next date of the season: the Imola GP.
The announcement made by the French team arrives after the Miami Grand Prix, dates of the calendar in which the maximum takes a brief recess. Will return to the ring on May 16 to 18in the Italian region of Emilia-Romañaas far as the Seventh date of the season. Although not one more for Alpine, who decided to move chips after Doohan’s very lazy performance in the first six races and will bet that Collapint allows them to straighten their weak season.
How is Icola’s GP schedule
Icola is not any track for collapint. There he lived some of the most special moments of his career: He won his first race in F3 and also rose to the top of the podium in F2both in Sprint tests. Now, he will seek to leave his mark on F1.
The schedule indicates that the Grand Prix will have three free practices. The first two will take place on Friday, May 16, while the last one will take place on Saturday. Later the career will be. The moment of truth will be Sundayin the Internalzione Enzo E Dino Ferrari. Next, the schedules of each phase in Argentina:
Friday, May 16
- Free practices 1: 8.30 to 9.30hs
- Free practices 2: 12.00 to 13.00hs
Saturday, May 17
- Free practices 3: 7.30 to 8.30hs
- Classification: 11.00 to 12.00hs
Sunday May 18
How is the Icola circuit
El International Autodromo Enzo and Dino Ferrari It is located 30 kilometers from Bologna and is one of the most emblematic circuits of the calendar. Opened in 1953 and part of the F1 since 1980, Imola loads with an indelible wound: in 1994, There they lost their lives Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenbergerfacts that changed forever the history of the category and led to drastically improve the security of the circuit.
The track has a length of 4909 meters and 63 laps runto complete 309 kilometers. It has the peculiarity of running in the opposite direction to the clock needles and It is famous for iconic curves: the Minerali and Piratella acque. The fastest back record is held by Lewis Hamilton, with a mark of 1: 15,484 made in 2020.
