Franco Colapinto turned the page despite his frustration at not being able to start the British Grand Prix of Formula 1 due to transmission failures in his Alpine A525. The Argentine driver, 22 years old, has the support of his team, which is a good sign amid reports of a supposed clutch failure.
Despite the rumors spread in recent hours, the French team and its executive advisor, Flavio Briatore, cleared the 22-year-old driver from Buenos Aires of responsibility in the statement released on Sunday after the competition at Silverstone and reaffirmed that it was a transmission problem in Franco's car that prevented him from competing in the British event, ruling out the reports suggesting a burnt clutch.
The driver from Pilar suffered the same issue as in Barcelona and as his current teammate, Pierre Gasly, in a previous edition of Silverstone. With these precedents, it is worth clarifying that the transmission has been Alpine's Achilles' heel in recent years.
