Colapinto from 19th to 9th: “It was more than we expected”

Luck not just for Russell Several drivers made the most of the twists and turns that occurred in the final stages of the British Grand Prix, starting with George Russell, who actually finished in second position. Behind him, however, there was no shortage of ‘assists’ to other teams, one of which obtained a double score in the points: Alpine. If it hadn’t been for Verstappen’s retirement and the penalty given to Antonelli for failing to respect the track limits, Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly would not have crossed the finish line in ninth and tenth place respectively. Ten positions recovered On the other hand, the Argentine driver must still be recognized for a great comeback from 19th place on the starting grid, even if the #43 was the first to admit that he was helped by luck in the final: “Finally we have something to smile about after what was a difficult weekend for the team – he commented – starting from nineteenth position, we knew that it would be a difficult race and that it would be complicated to score points. A bit of luck assisted us with some other cars that they went out of the picture, but we battled it out and were there to capitalize at the end of the race. Making up 10 places was probably more than we expected, so I’m happy. With Pierre also scoring, it’s nice to have a double points finish in the home race for the team. We had a good start and got into some good wheel-to-wheel battles on the first lap. We had a really strong first stint on the medium tires and managed to overtake some cars on the track strongest pace we had today. It was a shame not to restart at the end because I wanted to try to overtake Bortoleto. It was a good recovery, but the Racing Bulls have been stronger than us in the last two weekends, so we need to continue to improve the car’s performance in the next races.” A weekend with several problems, even in the race. An arduous and at the same time arduous uphill weekend for teammate Gasly, who nevertheless finished in 10th, an unexpected place in the standings: “On the one hand, we must be happy to have scored points as a team, especially considering our starting position. The most important thing is the score obtained as a team and today we managed to take advantage of some of the others’ problems. However, our rivals also benefited from it, so we also feel a bit of disappointment with the final result. Even from For my part we had some problems during the weekend which added up. Yesterday we had a problem with the radio which led to a grid penalty for obstructing the race, then today we had a system failure during the pit stop which cost us a lot of time and ultimately track positions. In the end, we tried to limit the damage and a point is our reward. I know this is my 500th point in Formula 1, a good personal achievement, but now we just need to focus on improving quickly. car so that we can consistently score more points.” Gasly 500 In the special all-time ranking of the highest number of points won in a career, Gasly maintains 24th position behind David Coulthard (535), followed by a still active driver like his Haas compatriot Esteban Ocon at 486.

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2026-07-06 14:00:00