Juan Pablo Montoya has suggested 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Franco Colapinto was out-paced by Paul Aron during a recent F1 test for Alpine, sparking new 🐠doubts over the team’s driver cho𓄧ices.

Colapinto༺ is set to make his debut with Alpine at this weekend’s Emilia Romagna ꦉGrand Prix.

The Argentine has spent the early part of the season on the sidelines after failing to land a seat on the g♚rid.

Colapinto impressed during his short stint for Williams, replacing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Logan Sargeant mid-season.

However, with Williams already securing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz for 2025, Colapinto was left without a drive.

Alpine made the surpris﷽e move🧸 to sign him as their test and reserve driver.

This led to speculation that Colapinto’s return to the grid🌺 was just a matter of time.

However, Colapinto’s long-term future isn’t se𓃲cure, with him only having a five-race deal.

It could mean that Co🦂lapinto is repla🦩ced later in the season.

With Montoya suggesting that Aron - one of Alpine’s other junior drivers - was quicker than Colapinto in a recent test - th♐e Estonian driver could be in line to drive later in the y✅ear.

Speaking to , 🍌Montoya said: “Briatore’s main thinking will be who is the main pair for next year.

“If Colapinto comes in and s🅠tarts to beat Pierre Gasly, is Gasly in danger of losing his seat? Also, a lot of rumours are that Aron was quicker than Colapinto in testing. Colapinto has♎ done a good job, yeah, he made a lot of mistakes, but his speed is very impressive.

“He’s coming into a high-pre꧙ssure situation at Alpine, there was no expectation at William꧑s.”

2025 a “throwaway” year for Alpine

It’s been an underwhelming start to the year for Alpine, 🃏scoring seven points in the opening ꧃six races.

They sit just a point aꦿhead of Sauber in the constructors’ standings.

2026 will likely be a stronger year for Alpine, with a sꩲwitch to Mercedes power.

Montoya feels that Alpine should give Aron five races to prove himself and give Flavio Briatore enough information to decide which driver to choos✅꧒e for next year.

“Wh﷽at’s unacceptable from a driver’s point of view, you committed to Jack Doohan a✱nd thought he was the best choice. Alpine gave him a contract,” Montoya added.

“The Franco Colapinto situation was not a big deal because there were so many ꧅issues at Red Bull, but now the atte🌄ntion has turned back onto that situation.

“When Flavio Briatore came in, they somehow made a deal that Doohan had five races to perform. I would have given five races to Doohan, five races to Colapinto and five races to Paul Aron, thenꦫ you can sit down and evaluate who is the best choice for next yea🍸r. 2025 is a bit of a throwaway year for Alpine because they’re moving the Mercedes engines next year.

“I would assume a lot of the development on the car has stopped, they will be rebuilding for next year.✱ They’ll spend the least amount of money on their engine.”