What Colapinto learned from Gasly's Monza pole to make his Madrid breakthrough
Franco Colapinto studied where Pierre Gasly had gained time through qualifying at Monza and says he applied those lessons at the Spanish Grand Prix
Alpine driver Franco Colapinto drew inspiration from Pierre Gasly's Monza qualifying performance to make strides in the Spanish Grand Prix. Colapinto had initially qualified eighth at Monza, behind Gasly, who secured a surprising pole position. Gasly's performance grew progressively faster throughout the session, outpacing Colapinto as qualifying progressed.
Colapinto studied the data from Monza to identify the areas where Gasly had managed to gain additional performance. A week later in Madrid, Colapinto was consistently faster than Gasly throughout qualifying and reached Q3 despite struggling with a challenging La Monumental corner. Colapinto attributed his improved performance in Madrid to the lessons learned from Gasly's qualifying at Monza, where he observed Gasly's improvement in driving and energy management between stages.
Colapinto felt he successfully applied these insights to his own performance in Madrid, where he finished seventh.
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