Alpine Confirm Colapinto for 2027 F1 Season
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- Alpine confirmed Franco Colapinto will stay as a race driver for the 2027 F1 season alongside Pierre Gasly, ending months of speculation about the 23-year-old Argentine's future.
- Colapinto sits 12th in the 2026 Drivers' Championship with six top-10 finishes in the first 12 rounds, a turnaround from scoring zero points across 18 rounds for Alpine in 2025.
- Flavio Briatore singled out Colapinto's seventh place at the Miami Grand Prix and sixth in Canada as proof that "Franco belongs in Formula 1," while stressing that designing a faster car remains Alpine's "No 1 priority."
- Colapinto made his F1 debut in 2024 with Williams as a late-season replacement for Logan Sargeant, covering the final nine rounds before Alpine signed him on a reported "loan" deal from Williams.
- Jack Doohan lost his Alpine seat to Colapinto after just six rounds of the 2025 season, having faced uncertainty over his future before the campaign had even begun.
- Pierre Gasly is already locked into a long-term deal at Alpine, meaning the Colapinto confirmation completes the team's driver lineup for 2027 more than a year out.
Why it matters: Locking in both drivers early gives Alpine over a year of stable planning as Briatore admitted the team's "No 1 priority" is building a faster car — a pointed acknowledgment that driver lineup alone won't close the gap to the front. For Colapinto, the retention rewards a year-on-year jump from zero points in 2025 to six top-10s in 2026 and removes the pressure of auditioning for his seat.
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