There's one significant detail about Franco Colapinto's move to Alpine – and that's his current job description at Enstone probably not being what he and his managers are really aiming for.
“If Franco is not in a racing seat next year, we'll have a historic car, two-year-old car,” Colapinto's now former boss James Vowles, from Williams, said at a press conference in Qatar. “He'll be running that plenty in order to get a lot of speed. I've done this before in a previous life with Esteban [Ocon at Mercedes] when he took a year out. Effectively, Esteban's here today and still a strong driver. There are things we can do effectively around it to maintain his strength.”
