Overview
- Colapinto, who completed the 200 km allowance Wednesday at Silverstone, drove Alpine’s A526 under FIA filming-day rules that mandate Pirelli demonstration tires and a monitored engine control unit.
- After the run, Alpine adviser Flavio Briatore met Colapinto at the Enstone factory and posted that there is “much work in the factory before Miami.”
- Heavy demand for the April 26 Palermo road show led organizers to expand the route and open free viewing at Plaza Intendente Seeber and Plaza Sicilia.
- For the Buenos Aires run, Colapinto will drive a 2012 Lotus E20 because current-spec F1 cars cannot be used outside official events.
- The Bahrain and Saudi Arabia rounds were canceled due to the Middle East conflict, creating the April pause before racing resumes at the Miami Grand Prix in early May, with Colapinto continuing simulator and factory work.