Franco Colapinto He finished the 23rd Grand Prix of the season in 14th place, again near the bottom among riders who finished the race in Qatar. After another joyless weekend, the Argentine driver continued his self-critical streak, but was also clear about the need to end a 2025 full of disappointments soon.
“He was Long race, without much pace. Overall there wasn’t much, despite the changes we made, I can’t find the rhythm. “It was difficult, you have to try to understand a little bit how everything was,” said the Pilar driver in his meeting with the press after a race in which he started from the pits, after making changes to the car after qualifying last Saturday, and quickly managed to get close to Sauber driver Gabriele Bortoletto in the first laps, in addition to later benefiting from the collision between his teammate Pierre Gasly and Nico Hulkenberg.
“I tried to improve, but it was a difficult day today. Yesterday I didn’t drive well, today is better, but I slip a lot, at the entrance and when I try to rush into a corner, I get stuck.” understeerI always skid the front tire at the entrance. It’s kind of unstable and the truth is that I don’t have the confidence. This is a track that needs speed and I couldn’t find anything about the setup, nothing I wanted this weekend. Colapinto added with a stern gesture: “I hope to come back better in Abu Dhabi, but the end of the season is very difficult.”
The albino driver commented on the Losail track, saying: “It is a difficult track with no walls, but there is that dirty gravel that does not allow you to go even a centimeter outside. A difficult race, with difficult curves, some fun to drive, but on the other hand very difficult and very monotonous, it did not give any opportunities for overtaking, so (it was) boring.” Above all, he went to the bone with his feelings: “The best thing is that there is only one left. I hope it ends soon. There is little left, one last effort with the team, as the factory is already well shut down.
After the collision between Pierre Gasly and Nico Hulkenberg, the Argentine maintained a regular pace that allowed him to rise to 14th place, with Hulkenberg and Oliver Pearmann exiting the competition, and Lance Stroll added a penalty kick.
The next race will be the last of the 2025 season, on December 7 from 10 am Argentine time, in which the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be held.