Franco Colapinto in Formula 1, today live Mexican Grand Prix: practice 3 and classification :: Ole

During the first free test, the 21-year-old from Pilar completed 20 turns with relative reliability.: He made only a minimal mistake (he missed Turn 12 but was able to get back on track quickly) and set his fastest time on soft ground in the qualifying simulation. He then had two outings in which he used the most difficult ones to test the degradation at race pace. And ultimately he finished 11th, just over a second behind George Russell.who crashed in the second round and was 18th. Of course, the comparison was with Alex Albon, his partner, who lost control and destroyed the car.

Later, in the second training session, the time was completely improved.. In fact, Carlos Sainz broke the 1:18s barrier to become the fastest with a time of 1:17:699. Colapinto, meanwhile, made 28 moves and failed in his final attempt. However, he added experience and, especially, maintained the difference with the leader: in this case, finished in 1s209.although he did it a little further in positions (15°).