Colapinto, frustrated after the Singapore GP: 'I put a lot of effort into it, but nothing worked out'

Franco Colapinto finished the Singapore Grand Prix with a mix of anger and resignation. The Argentine driver, who started on soft tires seeking a risky strategy, was unable to find performance and finished 16th, far from the points zone.

"A very frustrating race. I put in a lot of effort, but nothing worked out and we're going very slowly. At times, the car is unmanageable," he told the press after the race.

The Alpine driver explained that the team tried a different tactic, but the early tire wear left him with no options. "I don't really understand why we're so slow, so much slower than others. A bad, very slow race with a lot of degradation," he summarized with self-criticism.

The Argentine driver will try to recover ground in the next Grand Prix, in Austin, one of the circuits where he showed the best performance last season: "Last year I showed more and I could make good starts like today,
but then I couldn't hold off other cars like Red Bull."

"I'm just very slow, very slow, very far from the others," he admitted, making it clear that frustration doesn't take away his desire to turn things around.

Despite the effort to defend positions, Colapinto acknowledged that the speed deficit was insurmountable. "It's a very long and very frustrating race when everyone passes you and you can't do anything," he explained.

"I defended as much as I could and they still passed me. If I defended at the entry, they passed me at the exit. It's very complicated for us," he added.

When Colapinto will race again

After Singapore, Formula 1 will return on October 19 with the United States Grand Prix, at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. In the previous season with Williams, Colapinto finished tenth and scored one point, the last one to date for the Argentine driver in the top category.