{"id":852329,"date":"2026-08-12T06:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T06:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/852329\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T06:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T06:54:11","slug":"gasly-vs-colapinto-2026-f1-team-mates-head-to-head-scores-at-summer-break-racefans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/852329\/","title":{"rendered":"Gasly vs Colapinto: 2026 F1 team mates\u2019 head-to-head scores at summer break \u2013 RaceFans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alpine\u2019s decision to fire Jack Doohan<\/a> just six rounds into last season looked less brutal than it was only because Red Bull had axed Liam Lawson four rounds earlier.<\/p>\n

Even so, come the end of the season it was debatable whether Doohan\u2019s replacement Franco Colapinto<\/a> had proved himself an obviously superior replacement, particularly considering he arrived at the team with more grand prix experience than poor Doohan had when he left.<\/p>\n

However it was undoubtedly true that Alpine\u2019s uncompetitive A525 was not a car to make a good first impression in. Pierre Gasly<\/a> coaxed it into the points every now and then, something Colapinto never managed.<\/p>\n

Now embarking on his first full season as a grand prix driver, Colapinto looks a much closer match for Gasly than he did last year. There is an interesting comparison to be drawn between Gasly and his former Alpine team mate Esteban Ocon<\/a>: both have promising junior talents alongside them, but Oliver Bearman is posing more of a problem for Ocon than Colapinto is for Gasly.<\/p>\n

That said, Colapinto has regularly followed along somewhere close behind Gasly, boosted Alpine\u2019s points-scoring and accepted the \u2018number two\u2019 role when he\u2019s had to. Colapinto was hard done by in Shanghai, when he finished 10th after being knocked into a spin by (ironically enough) Ocon.<\/p>\n

When comparing their points haul it is also worth bearing in mind Gasly\u2019s Monaco Grand Prix podium finish is subject to a challenge from rival teams over the post-race cancellation of his two pit lane speeding penalties. But even if Gasly keeps those points, Colapinto\u2019s contribution to the team\u2019s points score is very respectable. It\u2019s hard to imaging the team wanting to replace him \u2013 unless a top-line driver seeking a car with a Mercedes power unit suddenly appears on the market.<\/p>\n

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Unrepresentative comparisons omitted. Negative value: Gasly was faster; Positive value: Colapinto was faster<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tLifelong motor sport fan Keith set up RaceFans in 2005 – when it was originally called F1 Fanatic. Having previously worked as a motoring journalist, Keith began running the site full-time in 2010, achieving a long-held ambition to dedicate his full attention to his passion for motor racing.\t\t\t
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