Franco Colapinto has been told he is “like a light bulb” to Flavio Briatore, and if he doesn’t perform, the Alpine boss will “take you out and put another bulb in.”

That’s coming from Martin Brundle, who spent a single season under Briatore’s leadership in 1992 before the Italian sacked him.

Will Franco Colapinto see out the F1 2025 season?

Last year’s super sub, Colapinto burst onto the Formula 1 scene when he replaced Logan Sargeant at Williams, climbing into the FW44 with minimal F1 running under his belt.

Within two races, he achieved something Sargeant had not been able to do in 15 race weekends that season; Colapinto scored points with a P8 result at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. He followed that up with another top 10 result in Austin.

A spate of late season crashes somewhat tarni

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