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Franco Colapinto on Red Alert as Alpine 'Talks' Confirmed Amid Valtteri Bottas Rumours

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Franco Colapinto has issued an update on his Alpine future amid rumours that he could be replaced by Mercedes reserve driver Valtteri Bottas.

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The delicate moment of Franco Colapinto in Alpine and a completely frustrating weekend in the Grand Prix of Great Britain generated a very thick atmosphere for the Argentine rider, who is under the magnifying glass in Formula 1. After the failed passage by Silverstone -abandoned in boxes due to a mechanical failure of the car - rumors were boosted around a possible new change of pilots in the French squirery with Valtteri Bottas as the maximum c…

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Franco Colapinto spent a complicated weekend and after what happened in the Austrian Grand Prix, the Argentine driver ended up on the edge of crying. In the midst of this situation, rumors about his future are spinning. While it is not known what will happen in Alpine, although in the last hours broke the silence Flavio Briatore, the chief of the squirery, and denied any possibility that links to Valtteri Bottas ("I have no such information”), f…

Franco Colapinto passes through a complicated present in Formula 1. With Alpine, the Argentine still did not manage to add points and the decisions of the team could harm him even more in the future. It was known that the French team will devote most of its resources to development by 2026, when the highest category of the...

Franco Colapinto has been the target of the rumors of Formula 1. The Argentine driver has competed six Grand Prizes since he replaced Australian Jack Doohan in the Alpine team, however he has not added points and this feeds the versions that indicate that the South American could be replaced in this same season with Finn Valtteri Bottas, current Mercedes reserve driver. During the Grand Prix of Great Britain, the leader of the Mercedes team, Tot…

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