Sky Sports activities’ Ted Kravitz believes Franco Colapinto is “being challenged considerably” for his Alpine F1 seat following a troublesome Belgian Grand Prix.
Colapinto endured one other robust weekend at Spa-Francorchamps.
The Argentine was knocked out in Q1 in each qualifying periods in Belgium.
This was in stark distinction to Pierre Gasly, who certified within the prime 10 and got here away with a factors end within the grand prix.
Colapinto was promoted right into a full-time seat at Alpine after Jack Doohan didn’t impress.
Nonetheless, Colapinto hasn’t confirmed to be an improve on his predecessor.
Colapinto was initially handed a five-race deal, however this weekend’s Hungarian GP might be his eighth weekend for the crew.
Kravitz is adamant Colapinto is beneath strain to maintain his drive, as Alpine produce other choices equivalent to Doohan or Valtteri Bottas.
“Franco Colapinto, not as fortunate, the truth is, he completed second-last to Isack Hadjar, who had an issue together with his automobile,” Kravitz mentioned in his post-race pocket book.
“So, Colapinto was a two-stop, didn’t work out for him.
“Franco Colapinto, it could shock nobody in Components 1 if Franco Colapinto wasn’t being challenged considerably for his seat now.
“Each by the unique occupier, Jack Doohan and probably by Valtteri Bottas.
“He was given one other likelihood at the moment, and he was nineteenth, so no factors for him.
“Not less than he didn’t crash, however I really feel desperately sorry for Franco Colapinto. I do know he could be sooner than that, however he’s simply not obtained any confidence within the automobile in the meanwhile.
“However see what occurs in Hungary with that in just a few days’ time on that entrance.”
Colpainto admits he’s struggling
Colapinto is the one driver on the grid but to attain some extent this season.
He completed nineteenth at Spa, simply forward of Isack Hadjar, who was nursing a technical difficulty.
“The automobile is a bit troublesome for me to drive in the meanwhile,” Colapinto defined.
“It’s not very constant. It’s quick, however it simply didn’t give me the arrogance I wanted to push within the high-speed areas.
“It was a troublesome weekend. I believe general we made some progress, however it simply felt like one thing wasn’t fairly proper.”
