It will be a weekend difficult to forget for Franco Colapinto. The Argentine driver who this Friday turned for the first time aboard a Formula 1, This Friday he achieved a creditable fifth place in the Formula 2 sprint race under heavy rain at the Silverstone circuit, in the British GP.
The man from Pilar, on board his MP Motorsportstarted from seventh place, but quickly rose one place due to the contact between the British Ollie Bearman (Prema Racing) and the Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto (Invicta Racing) that forced the Englishman to give up positions.
However, The rain conditioned the drivers and the track was loaded with a lot of water in the first turns. The spray made vision very difficult and the slightest mistake could put anyone out of the race.
After the fourth lap the red flag appeared and the race was stopped for 15 minutes waiting for weather conditions to improve. When the rain gave the British circuit a break, The test was resumed with Colapinto from sixth place although without the pace with which he had started and he lost his place with the Frenchman Victor Martins (ART).
On the eighth lap, the Spanish Josep María Martí (Red Bull) hit Paul Aron (Envision Racing) and the two left the race. Once again the Safety Car entered and the peloton settled behind the Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Prema) who had started from pole and dominated the competition without errors.
Colapinto could not maintain a good pace or find the best racing lines and on lap 14 he gave way to Zak O’Sullivan (ART Racing). However, two laps later, the Briton collided with the Frenchman Martins and both fell to the bottom of the classification, allowing the Argentine to regain sixth place.
In the final turns, Colapinto accelerated with less water on the track and obtained a good race pace to get closer to the American Jack Crawford (DAMS). Until in the last lap, the man from Pilar managed to surpass his rival and place in fifth position to cross the checkered flag and pocket four valuable championship points.
Kimi Antonelli took the win (there are 13 winners in 15 races in Formula 2), Barbadian Zack Maloney (Rodin Motorsport) finished second and Brazilian Bortoleto finished third, managing to overtake his teammate, the Indian Kush Maini, with a reckless maneuver In the final line.
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