Colapinto shared the Zandvoort circuit with Norris and Piastri as he completed a test outing ahead of his F1 return

On the again of Alpine’s choice to exchange Jack Doohan with Franco Colapinto from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix onwards, the Argentine has accomplished a take a look at outing with the Enstone-based outfit at Zandvoort.

Simply six races into the 2025 F1 season, Alpine have determined to drop Jack Doohan for the subsequent 5 Formulation 1 races and substitute the Australian with Franco Colapinto with instant impact.

The Enstone-based outfit made the choice to axe Doohan following final Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix. The Australian has not scored any factors up to now in 2025, having recorded his greatest end result with a Thirteenth-place end on the Chinese language Grand Prix.

The Argentine changed Logan Sargeant at Williams from final yr’s Italian Grand Prix onwards, however he misplaced his seat to Carlos Sainz following the Spaniard’s departure from Ferrari. Nevertheless, the previous F2 driver was introduced in as a reserve driver at Alpine.

Having spent the opening six races on the sidelines, Colapinto will now get again behind the wheel of an F1 automotive. The Argentine has now collected a two-day take a look at outing at Zandvoort underneath the Testing of Earlier Vehicles guidelines.

It was not the primary event for Colapinto to drive an Alpine F1 automotive. On the identical day as this yr’s Japanese Grand Prix, Alpine took alongside an older 2023 A523 to the Monza circuit in Italy, the place Paul Aron and Colapinto accomplished a two-day take a look at with a two-year-old automotive.

Alpine was not alone on the Zandvoort circuit because it shared the monitor with McLaren. The Woking-based outift labored with its academy driver Alex Dunne on the primary day whereas its common drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris acquired behind the wheel of the automotive on the second day of operating on Thursday.