Flavio Briatore much stronger than Red Bull regarding a driver, the leader did everything possible to get him

Flavio Briatore absolutely wanted Franco Colapinto and the Alpine manager did everything possible to obtain the transfer of the young Argentine driver to his team. This was revealed by the Colapinto team, which will arrive at Alpine in 2025 and could well take the place of Jack Doohan, who is the second starting driver for this new season alongside Pierre Gasly. Except that Briatore having signed a five-year contract with Colapinto, paying nearly 20 million dollars to secure his services, it is difficult to imagine that the young Argentinian would not be used as a starter this season. Especially given the insistence the manager had on signing him, he who showed much more desire than Red Bull.

Briatore absolutely wanted Colapinto

“He was the first interested party. In fact, more or less at the same time as Red Bull. But Flavio said 'I want it, and I want it like this and like that'. But it was very complicated because there was Franco as the driver, his management company, Williams as Franco's team, and the other interested teams. But that's where it all started. And Flavio never lost his interest“, declared co-manager Maria Catarineu at Corazon de F1. While Christian Horner decided not to pay for Colapinto, Briatore did not hesitate to pay nearly 20 million dollars to Williams to sign the young 21 year old pilot.It's clear that Christian has shown interest in Franco. Could have been for Red Bull as Max's teammate [Verstappen]or for the second Red Bull team. And there were other teams too. But Christian wanted to know what the situation was at Williams and have a discussion with James (Vowles)“, continued Catarineu, which therefore makes things clear and makes it clear to what extent Alpine wanted to recruit the young talent.

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