Franco Colapinto's Dutch Grand Prix record is a single race and a single position. Eleventh place in 2025, one spot outside the points.
Sixteenth on the grid, eleventh at the flag. Five places gained at a circuit that does not give them away, and no reward on the scoreboard for any of it.
So close yet so far
There is no worse place to finish than eleventh. It is the position that means the drive was good enough to be noticed and not good enough to count.
Be that as it may, the Alpine was not a points car that weekend, and eleventh was roughly the ceiling.
With one start there is nothing to compare it against. Despite that, the shape of the afternoon was encouraging: he qualified where the car belonged, raced forwards rather than backwards, and finished ahead of drivers with far more experience of the circuit.
Franco Colapinto's Dutch GP record year by year
| Season | Grid | Finish | Points | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | P11 | 0 | Alpine |
A record waiting for a second chapter
No points, no podium, no pole and no fastest lap. What the record does show is a driver who gained ground at a track where most people hold station.
Colapinto's Dutch Grand Prix record is one line long and it finishes one place short. Zandvoort owes him a point, and on the evidence of that first visit he is capable of collecting it.
