Colapinto Secures Future with Alpine Alongside Gasly for 2027
Franco Colapinto’s Formula 1 story with Alpine is nowhere near finished. The team has moved early and decisively, confirming the Argentine will remain alongside Pierre Gasly in an unchanged line-up for 2027.
No drama. No shootout. Alpine know what – and who – they want.
From reserve to fixture
Colapinto arrived at Enstone as a 2025 reserve, a long‑term prospect parked in the background. That plan didn’t last long.
When Jack Doohan stepped aside after the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, Alpine turned to Colapinto. He grabbed the race seat and has refused to let it go, doing enough not just to stay on the grid this season but to convince the team he is part of their future.
Across six Grands Prix so far this year, he has banked 19 points, a solid haul for a driver still mapping out the early chapters of his F1 career. Those points, collected alongside Gasly’s, have helped lift Alpine to P6 in the Constructors’ Championship – not a headline position, but a meaningful foothold for a team rebuilding its identity.
A partnership Alpine can build around
Inside the garage, the pairing works. Colapinto and Gasly have developed a close, functional partnership on and off the track, a relationship Alpine clearly value.
Gasly’s own future was already secure. He signed a deal last year that keeps him in blue until at least the end of 2028 and was always the favourite to retain his seat. The question was who would sit in the other car as Alpine try to claw their way back towards the sharp end.
The answer is continuity.
After internal talks, the team chose to extend Colapinto’s stay, describing the combination with Gasly as “the perfect match-up to drive the team forwards into the future.” The message is obvious: Alpine want stability in the cockpit while they chase performance in the wind tunnel and on the drawing board.
Executive Advisor Flavio Briatore underlined that point. For him, consistency in the driver line-up is a crucial piece, but not the whole picture. The real battle lies in designing and building a fast race car – and he made clear that remains the team’s overriding priority.
Still, he did not shy away from praising Colapinto’s rise. Briatore highlighted Miami and Montreal as key markers, races that confirmed what he says he already believed: Colapinto belongs in Formula 1, and he belongs at Alpine. The expectation is clear – both Colapinto and Gasly are to keep delivering while the team push until they are not just competing, but winning at the front.
Colapinto settles in for the long haul
For Colapinto, the decision locks in more than just another contract. It cements a sense of home.
He spoke of feeling “very happy and very settled” at the team, pointing to the progress made this year compared with last. The steps are incremental rather than spectacular, but they are steps, and he knows exactly what the long-term target is: to compete, and to win.
He credited the trust shown by the team hierarchy, including Briatore and Managing Director Steve Nielsen, and stressed that his priority remains simple – focus on the job in the car, session after session, race after race.
Eyes on Monza – and an upgrade in his pocket
The timing of the announcement is no coincidence. The news lands just before next weekend’s Italian Grand Prix at Monza, a circuit that punishes inefficiency and rewards any extra horsepower or aerodynamic gain a team can find.
Colapinto will arrive there with a tangible boost. He is set to receive the upgraded package that Alpine rushed onto Gasly’s car at Zandvoort. Gasly had first crack at the development parts; now Colapinto gets his turn.
A renewed contract, a strengthened partnership, and fresh performance on the car at one of the calendar’s most unforgiving stages – it’s a clear challenge laid down to the 23-year-old.
Alpine have shown their hand. Now it’s up to Colapinto to prove that this faith is the foundation of a resurgence, not just another chapter in a long-term rebuild.
