Franco Colapinto was assessed within the medical heart and described as “OK” by his Alpine crew after a crash throughout tire testing on the Hungaroring.
Pirelli ran two days of testing following the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, with Alpine certainly one of 4 groups concerned, additionally together with McLaren, Ferrari and Racing Bulls. Colapinto was driving in the course of the morning on the second day of the take a look at and had been because of hand over to teammate Pierre Gasly for the afternoon session, however a heavy crash at Flip 11 – a 140mph right-hander – quickly halted proceedings.
A spectator picture from Budapest confirmed the automotive dealing with within the unsuitable path subsequent to the barrier within the run-off space, with its right-hand aspect considerably broken.
Colapinto has began seven races for Alpine thus far this yr – with a technical concern at Silverstone stopping him from doing so – since changing Jack Doohan six rounds into the season. Each drivers have failed to attain a degree as much as this stage, the one two to not obtain a high ten outcome thus far in 2025.
Groups collaborating within the Pirelli program used take a look at mules tailored to the sizes of the 2026 tire dimensions, that are 25mm narrower on the entrance and 30mm narrower on the rear. Pirelli reported the primary day of the take a look at had seen prototypes of subsequent yr’s C3, C4 and C5 compounds used.
Alpine was the one crew scheduled to finish each days of the take a look at, with Paul Aron having pushed on Tuesday. Lando Norris and Liam Lawson had been in motion for McLaren and Racing Bulls respectively on the opening day, whereas Wednesday featured Charles Leclerc additionally driving as Ferrari joins the take a look at alongside Alpine.
