F1 – Argentine driver Franco Colapinto will continue to race for Renault-owned Alpine next season in an unchanged lineup with Frenchman Pierre Gasly, the Formula One team said yesterday.
Colapinto, 23, joined Alpine as a reserve last season, replacing dropped Australian Jack Doohan after six rounds.
This year he has scored in six of 12 rounds so far, contributing 19 of the sixth-placed team’s 63 points.
Gasly has a contract until the end of the 2028 season.
“We have seen Franco truly grow and mature into a great driver this year,” said team boss Flavio Briatore in a statement.
“His results in Miami and Montreal especially confirmed what I already knew: Franco belongs in Formula One and he belongs at this team.”
Colapinto, whose best result this season is a sixth place in Canada, said he felt settled at Alpine.
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