Doohan returned to being a reserve driver for Alpine, having failed to secure a point through the first six rounds of this season. Yet Colapinto has also failed to score a point through eight rounds and has also only matched Doohan\u2019s best result of P13 in Monaco and Canada so far.<\/p>\n
Colapinto\u2019s \u00a315m sponsorship package is now the only thing keeping him at Alpine<\/a>, yet he is likely to be replaced in 2026 at the latest. The 22-year-old has so far beaten Gasly in just the Grands Prix in Monaco (when the latter retired), Canada (P13-P16) and Hungary (P18-P19).<\/p>\n Colapinto has struggled to adapt to Alpine\u2019s Renault engine<\/a>, which is costing him around 0.4 seconds each lap owing to how the power unit recovers and deploys energy. Gasly has been compared to Max Verstappen<\/a> for how he overcomes the Alpine A525\u2019s deficiencies, as well.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Who is Alpine\u2019s F1 executive adviser Flavio Briatore? Everything to know<\/a><\/p>\n Position Constructors’ Standings PointsPts 1 559 2 260 3 236 4 194 5 70 6 52 7 51 8 45 9 35 10 20 <\/p>\n Yet Gasly can see some sunshine on the horizon for Alpine as their executive adviser, Flavio Briatore<\/a>, is making plenty of changes behind the scenes to lift them up the F1 constructors\u2019 championship<\/a>. Alpine ranked fifth in 2021 and fourth in \u201822 but came sixth in 2023 and \u201824.<\/p>\n Now, Alpine rank dead last in the 2025 standings, with only Gasly\u2019s 20 points from the first 14 out of 24 rounds. Haas are 15 points clear of Alpine ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix. And Gasly admits he \u201cwould be worried\u201d if Briatore\u2019s changes do not improve Alpine\u2019s position.<\/p>\n \u201cI have a very good relationship with Flavio and the key management in the team,\u201d Gasly told RacingNews365<\/a>. \u201cAnd I can really see where their mindset is, the processes that are changing and what is actually evolving.<\/p>\n \u201cI would be worried right now if nothing changed, because we\u2019re obviously not in a good place. But we have a lot of great people, we have great staff, and we are adding key people to the factory.\u201d<\/p>\n Flavio Briatore needs Franco Colapinto to step up and match Pierre Gasly in 2025<\/p>\n Gasly has scored Alpine\u2019s only points so far in the 2025 F1 season via his P7 in Bahrain, P8 in Spain, P6 in Britain and P10 in Belgium. The 29-year-old also secured P8 in the Miami Sprint. But Alpine need Colapinto to step up after he only finished P15 in Spain and P19 in Belgium.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Alpine driver Pierre Gasly\u2019s life outside F1 from net worth to girlfriend<\/a><\/p>\n CategoryFranco ColapintoPierre Gasly2025 points013Grand Prix results35Grand Prix qualifying26Grand Prix wins00Grand Prix poles00Grand Prix podiums00Best finish13th6thRetirements01Disqualifications00Fastest laps00Grand Prix points finishes03Sprint results10Sprint Qualifying01Sprint wins00Sprint poles00Sprint podiums00*Pierre Gasly scored a further seven points as teammates to Jack Doohan at Alpine<\/p>\n![\"Alpine](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2228084223-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Joe Portlock\/Getty ImagesPierre Gasly \u2018would be worried\u2019 if Flavio Briatore cannot improve Alpine\u2019s championship position<\/p>\n