El extraño ascenso de Franco Colapinto en Alpine: solo por cinco carreras y luego «se evaluará»

El secreto peor guardado en el mercado de fichajes de este 2025 en la Fórmula 1 se ha confirmado apenas unos días después de la sexta carrera de la temporada : el argentino Franco Colapinto se ha convertido en piloto oficial de Alpine. Aunque la noticia ha llegado con sorpresa. Colapinto, que disputó el final de la temporada 2024 con Williams y fichó por el equipo francés a principios de este año, no va a correr todo lo que queda de año. Según han explicado en el comunicado oficial, los galos van a darle la oportunidad en las próximas cinco citas del calendario (Imola, Barcelona, Mónaco, Canadá y Austria) con el objetivo de medirle... y algo más. Y es que tras este sonado ascenso, que ya se venía barruntando incluso desde finales del año pasado, tiene una víctima: Jack Doohan . El hijo del legendario campeón del mundo de 500cc de motociclismo no ha dado la talla, ni mucho menos, en su campaña de debut. Es uno de los cuatro pilotos que no han puntado aún (los otros son Gabriel Bortoleto, Liam Lawson y Fernando Alonso ) y solo su aportación económica al equipo le mantenía en el asiento. Ahora tendrá que conformarse con quedarse en el banquillo al menos hasta el GP de Gran Bretaña, donde el equipo volverá a reevaluar sus opciones. «Sabemos que la temporada 2026 será vital para el equipo y que realizar una evaluación completa y justa de los pilotos esta temporada es lo correcto para maximizar nuestras ambiciones el próximo año (...). Las próximas cinco carreras nos darán la oportunidad de probar algo diferente y, tras este periodo, evaluaremos nuestras opciones», ha explicado el máximo responsable del equipo Alpine, el ínclito Flavio Briatore . Detrás de este extraño ascenso de Colapinto hay un nombre que los aficionados a la Fórmula 1 conocen perfectamente: Flavio Briatore . El magnate italiano regresó a lo que anteriormente se conocía como Renault para ejercer de asesor externo , una figura un tanto neblinosa cuyas funciones no están del todo claras pero que ya ha demostrado que tiene un poder tangible en el equipo. Apenas unas horas antes de que se anunciara el ascenso de Colapinto, Alpine anunció la dimisión de Oliver Oaks , jefe de la escudería y uno de los máximos —y escasos— valedores de la continuidad de Doohan. Su rol, al menos de forma interina, ahora queda en manos de Briatore, que vuelve a dirigir Alpine casi 16 años después del veto que le impusieron por su papel en el polémico 'crashgate' de Singapur 2008 . El inteligente empresario italiano ha sido el principal impulsor de Colapinto, en quien ve no solo un piloto de talento, sino también un foco de inversión para potenciales patrocinadores, algunos de los cuales ya firmaron antes del ascenso bajo las promesas de que este se iba a producir. Colapinto no es un novato en la Fórmula 1. El año pasado disputó los últimos nueve Grandes Premios de la temporada, sustituyendo a su vez a Logan Sargeant . Logró cinco puntos tras un 8º y un 10º puesto como mejores resultados.

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