2024-06-23 05:29:52
Franco Colapinto He stood out but couldn’t finish first. The Argentine dominated a large part of the classification in the Formula 2 Barcelona GP, but a problem in the last corner prevented him from cutting those six thousandths that took him away from pole position. Thus, the driver finished in third position (1:24.772) behind the Estonian Paul Aron and the American Jak Crawford.
The MP Motorsport rider will start 8th in tomorrow’s Sprint, at 9.15; while on Sunday he will start 3rd, from 6.35, in the 37-lap Feature Race.
Colapinto reached the last corner with a performance that made him excited about the leadership, but a failure caused him to lose the margin of advantage. “I was there to take pole position, not to fight. I’m very hot. In the last sector the rear tires were very overheated. I had very little grip at the back. The last lap I made a good turn 10, the tires were much better. I skidded a little from 10, and when I turned into 12 I didn’t have tires at the back, I didn’t have any grip and I lost a lot of time. Maybe in the last corner I lost another tenth,” he said in an interview with ESPN.
“It can’t be, for seven thousandths… I don’t know how much it is, to pass the change a little later. So when you lose pole because of that… I’m very happy, but very hot. I will be happy in a while, but now I am angry with myself because the truth is that I should have taken pole,” he added.
Colapinto explained that his exit to the grass was the cause of the failure he had in the final curve. “I crossed the line, I saw the time, I saw that I was second and I didn’t look forward anymore. He was fucking inside the helmet, thank goodness he didn’t have the radio open. I didn’t look forward anymore and went to the grass. Thank goodness I saved him because I see that it raised a red flag and they took my time, the last thing I was missing,” he indicated.