Alpine announces Colapinto will partner Gasly in 2026
Franco Colapinto in the paddock at COTA - Photo: Race Pictures
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Alpine have confirmed Franco Colapinto will make up its driver pairing alongside Pierre Gasly for the 2026 Formula One season.
As previously repórted by GPblog, Colapinto has received a contract extension for the upcoming Formula 1 campaing.
Having signed Gasly on a multi-year deal that confirms the team's faith in the French talent to lead them into the new regulations that are set to overhaul the sport as of 2026, after much deliberation, Alpine have decided to renew Colapinto's contract for 2026.
Though the Argentine talent's campaign had gotten off to a rocky start, adding a number of crashes to his record, as the season went on he was able to close the gap to teammate Gasly, even managing to pip the French driver in qualifying in recent races.
Given his performance surge, product of his successful adaptation to the A525, the team chose to go for Colapinto over the other two candidates GPblog understood to be vying for the remaining seat at Alpine, former F2 talent Paul Aron, and the driver whose place the Argentine took over from, Jack Doohan.
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Thus the announcement comes as no surprise. With the sport ushering in new technical regulations that are set to change the sport dramatically, continuity and stability will be of the utmost importance come next year.
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