SAO PAULO (AP) — Franco Colapinto will stay with the Alpine team for 2026 even though he’s yet to score a point this year in Formula 1.

The Argentine driver will head into his first full F1 season in 2026 after he replaced Australian rookie Jack Doohan at Alpine ahead of the seventh race of the year at Imola in May, initially on a five-race deal.

“We are working better and better,” Colapinto said in a video on Alpine’s social media on Friday. “I do believe that when you win constantly you don’t learn much but when you’re struggling, when you have some tricky results, is when you really learn a lot more.”

The decision was announced ahead of Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix, which is the closest to a home race for Colapinto’s Argentine fans, many of whom make the journey to Sao Paulo.

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