Franco Colapinto was emotional in Monza after shedding the rear of his Alpine while battling for a possible podium.
Alpine confirmed spectacular tempo all through the Italian GP weekend. Pierre Gasly took his first pole place, with Colapinto beginning the race from P7.
The Argentinian driver labored his method as much as fourth earlier than the purple flags got here out for Charles Leclerc’s unlucky crash . On the restart, Colapinto handed Max Verstappen for third however misplaced the rear of his automotive in Flip 5 and slid into the gravel.
He was capable of proceed the race with out harm, however got here again onto the monitor in P16.
The 23-year-old was tearful in his post-race interviews, saying he felt unhappy to have missed out on what may have been in Monza.
“It may have been an important race and [I made] a serious mistake, so I wasted an important alternative for the group and for myself,” he advised ESPN Argentina.
“So, I’m a bit unhappy, however I must study from this and I carry on pushing.”
Franco Colapinto “annoyed” with expensive error
Colapinto took the chequered flag in ninth place, incomes two factors for his group. Regardless of beginning on pole, Gasly completed in seventh, solely two locations forward of his teammate even after Colapinto’s tour.
“I’m simply annoyed. I did some great things, and I simply misplaced the automotive utterly in Flip 5, 6,” Colapinto added.
“I used to be doing a little good issues, between P3 collectively, and you are feeling so sturdy as nicely, and combating with the highest groups. You get very motivated in a short time, and one thing like that, it throws all of it away.
“I don’t actually perceive but what occurred. I believe the automotive was very aggressive, and I went very flat over the curb, and that didn’t assist.”
“It was okay,” he mentioned on overtaking Verstappen on the restart.
“Whenever you’re on the automotive, you don’t actually really feel the distinction. It’s one after one other. Yeah, it’s cool to be combating with the highest vehicles and prime groups, we can’t consider it. That’s why to only miss a possibility like this, it’s very unhealthy.”