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15:20 Also you need to take on count that F2 2024 season was Franco's first season and that he couldn't end it because halfway through he got into F1. So i think he did a pretty great job because he anyway ended on the top10
Not only he missed the last 8 races but he also demolished his teammate, who was the FIA F3 World Champion in 2021 and had already completed both the 2022 and 2023 seasons of the FIA Formula 2 World Championship.
@@smokeybandit9760 Everyone can have an opinion, I respect yours but I don't agree. Look where Colapinto and Hauger are standing now. Hauger should have been fighting for the championship on his third year in F2. Yet, the rookie Colapinto managed to score +12% more points than Hauger in four less races. That's a pretty underwhelming performance by the Norwegian in my books.
@@smokeybandit9760 Franco leaves MP and Dennis fails alone, and ends in Indy NXT...oh, yes...a bright future ahead What happened? Maybe they used Franco's setup in Dennis car? Why Dennis can't matched the results of the past races since Franco left the team?
Argentinian here, once on of us makes it to the big leagues of any sport, we drop everything, make asado and root for them from anywhere, like its one of our own family members. Francos arrival to F1 really brought us together since the 2022 world cup and thats why the Colapineta it's huge. In my case my dad stopped watching F1 after Senna's death and now he fall in love back again with the sport and we support Franquito. We will not forget Williams and Uncle James, myself i will root for Carlos Sainz and Franco from now on....also Australians you already have a seat with Oscar, give us this one lol
So not jumping on the bandwagon, then... Like the Nederlander Orange Army of Verstappen, then. Patriotic support without understanding.... then. Fairweather fans ... then!🙄
@@samu_2822 He has to prove it... One lunge does not make a Champion, Maldonado won one , he will never be a Goat, same with other drivers. Support yes ... blind Patriotism No!
@@alimantado373"patriotic support without the understanding" yes and no, it's a spectrum because in Argentina there is a fanbase of f1, that we like to watch it. But the thing is the patriotic support is in every kind of sport or achievement, people are just happy that an argentine is being praised and it's doing good (in this case of Franco but there are millions)
Alpine could have had Alonso & Piastri, Renault's only doube World Champ & the academy's best ever rookie prodigy as a teammate pairing. They will never live that down. Ever.
They wouldn't give Alonso a 2yr contract which was pretty much all he wanted. Not wanting to stop racing, he was telling Alpine they weren't listening.
@ I do completely understand the sentiment, but if we want our Ladder Man to be rewarded for all the work he puts in for us, sponsorships are the inevitable end state. TH-cam monetization is a joke at this point and Patreon has started taking more and more money for themselves. Sponsors are the most direct assistance creators have left now. All that being said though, I totally understand the frustration.
@@awesomesideofnerd Yeah, i agree, i do like the Ladder Man, so it's good business for him. It's just this endless cycle of advertisements popping up everywhere you go, but yeah, some people do deserve the money.
@@Games_and_Music YOU cant say you want to support and avoid in the same conversation mate it oxymoron (but if you must research sponserblock it will help you achive what you want)
Franco was in a very similar position to Doohan last year. The difference being Franco was competing against Sainz for a seat. If you can even call it competing... He was thrown in there without any real meticulous planning or proper preparation. He still managed to do something. He knew he had X number of races to prove something and he did. Doohan has X number of races to prove something and he must. Only Doohan can stop Colapinto. I don't know what the issue is with them getting Franco, it's a good option, and they will have both rookies at their best competing for the seat. Why is this supposed to be easy for the drivers?
Franco no competía por Sainz por el asiento 😅😅 Sainz firmó el contrato meses antes de que Franco tuviese la oportunidad de subirse al F1. Doohan, haga lo que haga, estará fuera en un par de meses porque Franco atrae más dinero y fans. Doohan tiene que superar a Gasly si de verdad quiere seguir ahí.
@@paul.zambranomunoz4457 Trata de no traducir los comentarios porque no salen bien, no se si entendiste del todo. Exactamente, Colapinto tenía en frente a un imbatible como Sainz y Doohan tiene a un batible como Colapinto. No se que es lo que queres decir exactamente, pero si todavía querés pintar a Doohan como victima no se ve bien todavía por qué. Si querés verlos cómodos a los pilotos mirá el F1 paralimpico jaja
@@Megadeth6633 Colapinto jamás compitió con Sainz por el asiento de Williams, eso es lo que he querido decir 😅 Igual que Doohan no se está jugando su asiento con Franco sino con Flavio y los negocios que este tenga en mente. En ningún momento he puesto a Doohan de víctima, en la F1 no están los 20 mejores pilotos, sino los 20 que mejor se adaptan al negocio. Franco ha sabido vender y conseguir patrocinadores, por lo que acabará teniendo asiento en F1.
As argentinian i fully support franco, but feel really sad about the Situation. Summa Zero games suck. And indeed James and Williams Will always have our gratitude. Worth to mention even in las Vegas crash he went to take some of the responsability. I dont think the team has much fault, but that Is a true leader support.
I don’t understand why you need to feel sorry for rich kids that are there just because of their daddy, like Schumacher, Antonelli, or Doohan. Also Sainz, Bortoleto and Bearman have their dads being a huge factor. They are the Lance Strolls of today. Colapinto is the real Cinderella story that got their on pure merit and doing huge personal sacrifices.
Argentinian here. I hope Jack does his best, and if he's very close to Pierre and Franco has to wait some more time, it's ok. Franco will make good use of the TPC time in Alpine, which he did not have at all in Williams. He went from preparing an F2 race in Monza to F1... in a week.
even if Doohan performs well. hes still gonna get replaced. Alpine spent too much money on Franco just for him to be on the sidelines. soo yeah, Poor Doohan. Cheering him on wont change Alpine's mind.
I am Argentine, and while I want Franco to do well, I will continue to support Williams. Alpine does not need three reserve drivers, something that seems absurd at the moment if it were not for the marketing around Franco. He is a talented driver with a good future, but paying 15 million for a driver who will initially be a reserve is unnecessary. The Argentine public is passionate and will criticize every bad move that Doohan makes, demanding Franco's seat. Uncle James, Albon, Carlos and Williams will continue to have my support. Cheers!
No todos criticamos y vamos a esperar q Doohan falle. Y decir q pagar esa cifra para tener un piloto de reserva no es innecesario es una boludex por 2 cosas, 1ero porq ya dijeron q ven en Franco el futuro de la escuderia y 2do porq justamente saben q no va a ser reserva mucho tiempo, Doohan va a tener q hacerlo muy bien y justamente son ellos, en especial Briatore los/el que no confian en Jack, incluso no estaban convencidos de el antes de q apareciera la opcion de Franco
I think this is smart from Alpine. Yeah, hard on Doohan. But, every team should have a strong backup. Doohan isn't tested, we don't know how it'll go. Franco has race experience and can get points with a bad car.
We will not forguet this indeed! (Salute) Williams entire team really helped and guided Franco throughout this process and gave him the tools to show his talent and secure a seat in F1. They were amazing, even though they were having a bad season, rebuilding cars much more often than any other team. That's remarcable. Respect.
As an Argentine, I'm really sad for Jack. At the same time, something tells me that Jack's test numbers aren't as good as they expected. If the numbers were good or close to those of Pierre, I don't think you would pay that much for a reserve driver just in case someone has a cold.
Alpine will never get another rookie driver as they keep screwing them over - First with Piastri by saying you have a contract when he did not, and he went to another team who gave him one. Now Jack who has a contract, but is effectively being presurred out of the Drive
Wasnt Doohan signed just before Flavio took over? That came across as a favour to Doohan and deliberate problem for Flavio. I suspect Doohan knew this as he was signed and knows his time is limited.
For those, like Law, that feel that Doohan belongs on the grid, as well as having voiced support for Pourchaire and Drugovich to be on the grid, as well, who would be your 20 drivers in F1? Hell, I'll even allow everyone to drop Lance from AM, even though that is completely unrealistic (in the short term, at least). The truth is that Doohan was never a top prospect for Flavio or Oakes and, AFAIK, he has failed to impress anyone in the F1 paddock. I, personally, think he is lucky to be getting a 5-6 race audition, as it is.
Completely agree, he’s done LESS THAN NOTHING to impress anyone in F1, done nothing to warrant the seat and ran round 15th when he did at Abu Dhabi which was pathetic when gasly got points
I do agree in general, even though i would be someone to say that Drugovich deserved to be there over Lance, but yeah, i don't actually think that Drugovich is really amongst the top best 20 drivers around right now. But i do think that he would do better than Lance, as Lance is like at the ceiling of performance for the average pay/amateur driver. The best of the best only really counts for half of the sport at most, the majority of teams and players are there to give the best something to play against. But on a human level i do feel for the drivers that get treated like this, but that's the nature of high level sports everywhere.
@@Blockplay2350 To be clear, I am not hating. He is a billions time faster than I am and I hope he gets some great opportunities in Hypercar (which is becoming really bad ass). Jack has absolutely nothing to be ashamed of, but I wish that we would stop with the, "why is so much pressure being applied to this driver" in the "Pinnacle Of Motorsport". I like that pressure is being applied to Gasly and Albon. I want to see how they will respond knowing that a driver like Franco (or, possibly, Paul Aron or Gabrielle Mini) might take their respective seats. I feel like it makes (almost) the entire grid genuinely worth watching.
@@Games_and_Music "... i would be someone to say that Drugovich deserved to be there over Lance, ..." OK, but a thousand drivers deserved to there over Lance, even though we all (including Drugovich, when he signed in '22) knew that was not going to happen. There is a reason why AM has never signed an exciting prospect to their development program and that is because all of the exciting prospects sign with, literally, any other team since they knew that neither Fernando or Lance were going anywhere (although, with increasing corporate investment in AM, that may be changing). "... i don't actually think that Drugovich is really amongst the top best 20 drivers around right now" Right, and the entire F1 paddock agreed with you, which is why he did not get signed to any other development program. I am pointing all of this out because I am not a fan of, "oh, such-and-such did fairly well in F2 and he is in this team's driver academy and he seems like a nice guy, he should really get a seat in F1." OK, so what driver, realistically, should be dropped in favor of him? "*crickets*". F1 is brutal for anyone that does not have a billionaire daddy/sponsor and it is probably going to remain that way. I would much rather 'fight' for those young talents that seem like they really, REALLY belong in F1.
@@TheWhiskyRebel Yeah, fair points, it should be called the "Pinnacle of Motorsport" for a reason, and that has been in question for some years already. I only mention Drugo in terms of choosing between him or Lance, because then i also think the entire F1 paddock would agree on that, but yeah, to put Drugo above many other drivers, that will be a tough thing to justify. I am a bit torn sometimes between the treatments and possible potential that some drivers had, but yeah, i also accept that it is just the way it is. People see Max as the generational talent, and he definitely didn't get there by playing nice, there were definitely some casualties. Same goes for many other big names, in either sport, or business etc.
It's not a great look for Alpine but it's still a great opportunity for Doohan providing they honour what ever agreement they have (rumor is it's a 5 race deal, no idea if that includes Abu Dhabi 2024). Colapinto grabbed a cursed looking opportunity to drive a few races and destroy his ability to go back to F2. It looked like a suicide move, but he took it and impressed and now he's being talked about in relation to several f1 seats and seems to be at or near the top of every teams "if we need a driver" list. If Doohan can take those 4/5 races and make the most of it, keep it out of the wall, show he has the pace to keep up with comparable cars, and maybe score a point or two if the car is up to it, he can look forward to being the new flavour of the month. Won't be easy and I don't expect him to do it, but I didn't think we'd ever see Doohan in F1.
The "I have opinions!!!!" Pulls me out of whatever I'm doing to watch the video closer. And I'm immediately rewarded by a silent portion that I would have missed if I was just listening. Law eyeballing me with his fingers 😂
Argentinian fan here, even tho franco has left i have become a Williams fan for life. Besides Franco, Uncle James, Albon and the whole team dynamic made me a fan. Ill never forget what theyve done for franco and us and how theyve treated him during those nine races.
Indeed. I reckon Williams will be held in high regard. Because, if you think about it, the team hosted Franco but also Carlos Reutemann. The previous Argentinian to have scored points in F1.
@@LawVS in regards to Reuteman is a touchy subject because of the suspicions on that Vegas GP. But most people seem to understand that the team is no longer owned by the actual family so I reckon a lot of not all of the bad blood Argentinians had for Williams has been washed away by how they treated Franco every step of the way.
Not make it look like its Colapinto Fault. Doohan limited contract was that way BEFORE Colapinto debut. Jacks limited time (If its true) its the reason why Colapinto its there. Not Colapinto arrive making it limited. (Sry for my english, hope you get the idea)
I made this point last vid. after doing lots TPC running and being in a competitive car I think Doohan was told the last race was a 'freebie ' no pressure ,enjoy yourself etc etc. but that's never the case in F1... Colapinto, Bearman (and Lawson) made sure they really performed in their first full weekends of running in F1, jack looked out of his depth a bit and im not surprised Alpine are bringing in a 'back up'. he can still perform and stay in his seat. but he really has to perform. I think Jack, and us to an extent, being a little naive about what the teams expectations of his opportunity in Abu Dhabi really where.
Many people, especially occasional F1 fans, feel pity for Doohan but they don't take into account that he has been driving F1 cars since 2022 and he was beaten by his benchmark teammates every time except the last one when he was matched against newcomer Paul Aron (who never drove an F1 car) in the 2024 Abu Dhabi post season testing. Doohan only beat Aron by 0.007s, by the way. Alpine and Briatore are just trying to fix a mistake from the past, i.e., signing Doohan early in order to prevent the same situation they faced when they lost both Alonso and Piastri.
Well done for your brand new sponsor. I would only add to the analysis that getting Franco, Alpine will avoid with Pierre the "Albon is the king" situation where he never had a real teammate to compite with. Pierre is a brilliant driver but the team needs 2 competitive drivers to get the most out of the situation.
When a footballer leaves to another club, barring them being someone I really respect or was a HUGE fan of, I unfollow them. Williams? Hell no. They've got a fan for life. I really respect James Vowels, and hope Colapinto finds his way back some day. Till then, aguante Argentina! Vamos Franco!
And Hammyfans talk about toxic atmosphere at RB 🤣😂 Doohan was promised a seat all year at Alpine since it became known Ocon was going to leave...now he's almost fired before he starts... That said I do think Colapinto deserves a place in F1, at least for another year to proove himself. But that also goes for Doohan.
Having only had one race himself, Jack can effectively replace himself for FP1 in Melbourne so if he does see out the full year he won't need to hand the car to anyone else for an FP1.
Congratulations on the Raycon sponsorship I will order some to support you! Just don't forget me when you're rich and famous Law 😉 Also! I think Flavio is VERY much old school F1 and is very good at seeing where the weak links are in the team, as far as performance goes. He is very much going to give EVERYONE a chance but only one chance and if there is no improvement/potential then heads roll and he is onto the next person wanting a chance. Think of that grim reaper meme going door to door. Lol 😂 cheers from a Yank across the pond
Law, before looking in to it, I had no idea Hirakawa was 30 going on 31? I thought he was a spring chicken!? Enormous long shot he gets near that seat unfortunately. Besides, there’s probably 1 or 2 Japanese drivers that get in ahead of him I would say. Has Ryo been signed with Alpine’s other disciplines in mind would you say? WEC?
Ajaajjajaja!!! And you will continue to see us down here XDD! This was an excelent video, since covered all positions and analized what it's mainly the nature of F1: a business. In that sense, Franco it's a more interesting option for Alpine in terms of hability and commercial perspective. I will not say that I feel sorry for the australian driver, because as you highlight it's the wrong thing to do. If he's good he will remain on the market for another chance, like the youngest Schumacher do and people should take that in to consideration when talking in social media. This isn't Franco's or Jack's fault, there's no one to blame on here. This is business, in a category that demands money to perform and that, under today's light, also asks charisma and an expansive fanbase from the drivers and the teams. In that sense, Briatore's narrative it's spot on. It builds a remembrance, hype the audience and unfolds drama at unexpected levels. It comes as no surprise that he's Italian, land of the opera and Sofía Loren🤣 and that he has also chosen one of the most dramatic and theatrical latinos: the argentinians, that are eager to follow his lead in to this novela 😉
Law, have you seen the new behind the scenes video from Williams with Carlos? A lot of footage of them talking about the car, I would like to hear your thoughts on it!
You don't have a tiny clue bout how passionate can we get bout our boy 🇦🇷. One thing is being comfy at F2 like Doohan, and another is to drive as mature f1 driver as Franco since day 1.
Briatore should still be in the sin bin and nowhere near a grid. This should be about performance and not marketing as well... Coincidentally, I hear the F1 CEO is also Italian. Just sayin'.
Yeah.... Also... Dear Australia and its wonderful people, we here at McLaren are taking in fans for 2025 season, come join 😀.... Sincerely Oscar Piastri 😊. PS I TOLD YOU SO... but in a soft professor like manner. 👍
Unfair really, as he has only had one full race , where he brought it home , without pace, but thats what I would do, first GP. They need to give him at least til the summer break. Briatore Alpine are not in the constructors or WDC in 25....calm the F down! Let them build for 26'🤣🤣
Franco colapinto puso la vara alta .En sus primeras carreras fue muy bueno ,arriesgo ,se adapto ademas que es uno de los pilotos mas rapidos de la parrilla ,eso por telemetria .
@@karinafitzsimons7563 He took a chance at a start.. brilliantly. So did many rookies and they ended up costing millions in repairs. Cost Cap is a nonsense in this sport, let the teams Cook. let them develop organically, they are giving back, to the enviornment. Thats why F1 is still here after a Century!
F1 is not a 4 year contract environment. It's a 1-2 year deal for both driver and team, because so much can change in that time. Basically only the best drivers get offered a 4yr+ deal and they have to want it.
At first glance this video was way too long, plus you just uploaded a video about the same topic 2 days prior with the same lenght! Plus it was super cringy when started watching this video, but as the video progressed you make some very good point objectively, you certainly know your stuff, subscribed.
There's one bigger issue than the six race contract and the overall pressure it puts on Doohan: I think Aron is the most competitive of the three reserve drivers. It's a shame that they didn't give him a chance. I know money talks, but..
Hot take: I can see Franco taking the spot of whichever driver is performing worse, even if it’s Gasly. Gasly is great and wouldn’t deserve to lose his seat but Franco’s South American draw might be too much to leave on the sideline all season.
Franco tiene mas patrocinadores que Lawson, y es mejor piloto, hasta la F1 lo quiere tener en parrilla, todos postearon su fichaje a alpine, ya estaba preparado, saludos desde Argentina, y la verdad es que todos sabemos que el plan de briatore con Colapinto es el mismo que hizo con Alonso y con michael Schumacher
It's all a very odd situation. Colapinto appears to be a pretty decent driver, but there was never all that much excitement around him in other categories. Compared with the excitement there was around drivers such as Lewis, Seb and Max when they were pushing for drives in F1. Currently Antonelli has all that excitement. The fact that Red Bull were the only top team to show any sort of interest in Franco (and even that cooled pretty quickly) raises questions over why Apline have gone to this much trouble. Add to this the fact that Williams let him go to a team who they would consider a direct competitor and it is even more confusing. James Vowles might like to pretend he doesn't want to stand in the way of a young driver getting his chance but his first priority is supposed to be Williams. If Alpine have signed Franco because he has a whole country supporting him and plenty of sponsorship, they should have brought former Alpine junior driver Zhou back because sorry Argentina, China wins in that regard. To be fair, there is not much talk of Jack Doohan becoming an all time great. But Alpine is quite a long way off competing for regular race wins so the absolute best juniors are only going to see them as a stepping stone on the way to a drive with a top team anyway. Alpine have gone to all this effort to sign a driver who they will lose if he shows signs of being a top tier driver when they already had several other drivers they could try if it turns out Doohan doesn't meet their expectations.
Aussie here - I don't think this will be the case. Jack would pretty much have to match or exceed Gasly's performances, and Gasly is one of the best drivers on the grid. That will be an impossible task against an F1 driver with 8 years experience. Flavio Briatore will be looking at any possible excuse to employ a driver that brings in the sponsors. Money wins again.
Absolutely nothing, that’s the point, no immediate impact as is needed these days, he ran round 15th ffs at Abu Dhabi and got matched by Aron in the test when it was Aron’s first time ever in an F1 car. He was as never the answer
@@Blockplay2350 Yeah, it's a harsh world, and i think LawVS is also right about Flav probably thinking that he's being nice to Doohan for even giving him a chance. Jack is a nice kid, but yeah, i don't think i've seen people actually being convinced that he's going to challenge anybody. I think Drugovich deserved a chance over Doohan, but yeah, we're never going to get rid of Lance. And yeah, people do feel for Doohan, but on a human level, not because he's being done over in terms of his skills. To be honest, Doohan, Schumacher and Colapinto (and DeVries) all have that super mellow personality, i'm not too sure that Colapinto will be able to really be a threat to anybody, unless he can relight that debut fire. But who knows, maybe Doohan will actually surprise us.
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15:20 Also you need to take on count that F2 2024 season was Franco's first season and that he couldn't end it because halfway through he got into F1. So i think he did a pretty great job because he anyway ended on the top10
And the car was not the best
Not only he missed the last 8 races but he also demolished his teammate, who was the FIA F3 World Champion in 2021 and had already completed both the 2022 and 2023 seasons of the FIA Formula 2 World Championship.
@@leod9968 He didn't "demolish" Hauger by any means
@@smokeybandit9760 Everyone can have an opinion, I respect yours but I don't agree. Look where Colapinto and Hauger are standing now. Hauger should have been fighting for the championship on his third year in F2. Yet, the rookie Colapinto managed to score +12% more points than Hauger in four less races. That's a pretty underwhelming performance by the Norwegian in my books.
@@smokeybandit9760 Franco leaves MP and Dennis fails alone, and ends in Indy NXT...oh, yes...a bright future ahead
What happened? Maybe they used Franco's setup in Dennis car?
Why Dennis can't matched the results of the past races since Franco left the team?
Argentinian here, once on of us makes it to the big leagues of any sport, we drop everything, make asado and root for them from anywhere, like its one of our own family members. Francos arrival to F1 really brought us together since the 2022 world cup and thats why the Colapineta it's huge. In my case my dad stopped watching F1 after Senna's death and now he fall in love back again with the sport and we support Franquito. We will not forget Williams and Uncle James, myself i will root for Carlos Sainz and Franco from now on....also Australians you already have a seat with Oscar, give us this one lol
So not jumping on the bandwagon, then...
Like the Nederlander Orange Army of Verstappen, then.
Patriotic support without understanding.... then.
Fairweather fans ... then!🙄
Franco is so much of a great driver with the only problem of being argentinian
@@samu_2822 He has to prove it... One lunge does not make a Champion, Maldonado won one , he will never be a Goat, same with other drivers. Support yes ... blind Patriotism No!
Aguante Colapinto y que suden los cararrosas
@@alimantado373"patriotic support without the understanding" yes and no, it's a spectrum because in Argentina there is a fanbase of f1, that we like to watch it. But the thing is the patriotic support is in every kind of sport or achievement, people are just happy that an argentine is being praised and it's doing good (in this case of Franco but there are millions)
Alpine could have had Alonso & Piastri, Renault's only doube World Champ & the academy's best ever rookie prodigy as a teammate pairing. They will never live that down. Ever.
And the 2 people responsible for that collosal fumble(Bruno Famin & Laurent Rossi) both escaped scrutiny with minimal consequences to their paychecks.
They tried to shut that down with Jack...but then decided to 86 it.
They wouldn't give Alonso a 2yr contract which was pretty much all he wanted. Not wanting to stop racing, he was telling Alpine they weren't listening.
Piastri's lost to Alpine was just stupid, fancy not having the best upcoming rookie not 'hard' signed in contract. That's just poor management.
McLaren has done that feat with Alo and Ham. 😂
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I am not happy about more advertisements, as i am actively trying to watch content without it, but i do wish him well though.
@ I do completely understand the sentiment, but if we want our Ladder Man to be rewarded for all the work he puts in for us, sponsorships are the inevitable end state. TH-cam monetization is a joke at this point and Patreon has started taking more and more money for themselves. Sponsors are the most direct assistance creators have left now. All that being said though, I totally understand the frustration.
@@awesomesideofnerd Yeah, i agree, i do like the Ladder Man, so it's good business for him.
It's just this endless cycle of advertisements popping up everywhere you go, but yeah, some people do deserve the money.
@@Games_and_Music YOU cant say you want to support and avoid in the same conversation mate it oxymoron (but if you must research sponserblock it will help you achive what you want)
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Franco was in a very similar position to Doohan last year. The difference being Franco was competing against Sainz for a seat. If you can even call it competing... He was thrown in there without any real meticulous planning or proper preparation. He still managed to do something. He knew he had X number of races to prove something and he did. Doohan has X number of races to prove something and he must. Only Doohan can stop Colapinto.
I don't know what the issue is with them getting Franco, it's a good option, and they will have both rookies at their best competing for the seat. Why is this supposed to be easy for the drivers?
@@Megadeth6633 exactly
Worst part is, Doohan has been chucked into the deep end too soon.
Franco no competía por Sainz por el asiento 😅😅 Sainz firmó el contrato meses antes de que Franco tuviese la oportunidad de subirse al F1. Doohan, haga lo que haga, estará fuera en un par de meses porque Franco atrae más dinero y fans. Doohan tiene que superar a Gasly si de verdad quiere seguir ahí.
@@paul.zambranomunoz4457 Trata de no traducir los comentarios porque no salen bien, no se si entendiste del todo.
Exactamente, Colapinto tenía en frente a un imbatible como Sainz y Doohan tiene a un batible como Colapinto.
No se que es lo que queres decir exactamente, pero si todavía querés pintar a Doohan como victima no se ve bien todavía por qué. Si querés verlos cómodos a los pilotos mirá el F1 paralimpico jaja
@@Megadeth6633 Colapinto jamás compitió con Sainz por el asiento de Williams, eso es lo que he querido decir 😅 Igual que Doohan no se está jugando su asiento con Franco sino con Flavio y los negocios que este tenga en mente. En ningún momento he puesto a Doohan de víctima, en la F1 no están los 20 mejores pilotos, sino los 20 que mejor se adaptan al negocio. Franco ha sabido vender y conseguir patrocinadores, por lo que acabará teniendo asiento en F1.
0:17 it's stuff like this that makes me adore this channel 😂
4:20 there's an alien in the back in between Flavio and Carlos senior.
Today Franco Colapinto was already walking the track in Miami, he will do private test with Alpine and will meet with Messi.
As argentinian i fully support franco, but feel really sad about the Situation. Summa Zero games suck.
And indeed James and Williams Will always have our gratitude. Worth to mention even in las Vegas crash he went to take some of the responsability. I dont think the team has much fault, but that Is a true leader support.
I don’t understand why you need to feel sorry for rich kids that are there just because of their daddy, like Schumacher, Antonelli, or Doohan. Also Sainz, Bortoleto and Bearman have their dads being a huge factor. They are the Lance Strolls of today.
Colapinto is the real Cinderella story that got their on pure merit and doing huge personal sacrifices.
The thing Gabriel Bortleto is in f1 on merit f3 and f2 champion in both he’s rookie seasons.Gabriel didn’t come from a rich family.
glad you got some sponsors in, been watching for a while and im happy to know you've grown so far
Argentinian here. I hope Jack does his best, and if he's very close to Pierre and Franco has to wait some more time, it's ok. Franco will make good use of the TPC time in Alpine, which he did not have at all in Williams. He went from preparing an F2 race in Monza to F1... in a week.
blud said colapineta, he's really cooking
even if Doohan performs well. hes still gonna get replaced. Alpine spent too much money on Franco just for him to be on the sidelines.
soo yeah, Poor Doohan. Cheering him on wont change Alpine's mind.
I am Argentine, and while I want Franco to do well, I will continue to support Williams. Alpine does not need three reserve drivers, something that seems absurd at the moment if it were not for the marketing around Franco. He is a talented driver with a good future, but paying 15 million for a driver who will initially be a reserve is unnecessary. The Argentine public is passionate and will criticize every bad move that Doohan makes, demanding Franco's seat. Uncle James, Albon, Carlos and Williams will continue to have my support. Cheers!
No todos criticamos y vamos a esperar q Doohan falle. Y decir q pagar esa cifra para tener un piloto de reserva no es innecesario es una boludex por 2 cosas, 1ero porq ya dijeron q ven en Franco el futuro de la escuderia y 2do porq justamente saben q no va a ser reserva mucho tiempo, Doohan va a tener q hacerlo muy bien y justamente son ellos, en especial Briatore los/el que no confian en Jack, incluso no estaban convencidos de el antes de q apareciera la opcion de Franco
Que la chupe Williams, ahora hay que ganar 🏆 😂
Wth? I just realised WE are the attic dwellers and Law just comes to visit us once a day ...
Yooooo Law, congratualations on the sponsorship! Happy for you man
I think this is smart from Alpine. Yeah, hard on Doohan. But, every team should have a strong backup. Doohan isn't tested, we don't know how it'll go. Franco has race experience and can get points with a bad car.
I think the trouble is that he IS tested. He's had quite a few runs in old cars. And he's not being impressive.
Alpine saw red bull’s driver chaos and decided to give it a spin.
We will not forguet this indeed! (Salute)
Williams entire team really helped and guided Franco throughout this process and gave him the tools to show his talent and secure a seat in F1.
They were amazing, even though they were having a bad season, rebuilding cars much more often than any other team. That's remarcable. Respect.
Well done Law, securing your first sponsor, I really hope there are more like this
As an Argentine, I'm really sad for Jack. At the same time, something tells me that Jack's test numbers aren't as good as they expected.
If the numbers were good or close to those of Pierre, I don't think you would pay that much for a reserve driver just in case someone has a cold.
And with Franco, if the numbers are the same as Jack's at least you have a fandom behind you, that's $
Alpine will never get another rookie driver as they keep screwing them over - First with Piastri by saying you have a contract when he did not, and he went to another team who gave him one. Now Jack who has a contract, but is effectively being presurred out of the Drive
Wasnt Doohan signed just before Flavio took over? That came across as a favour to Doohan and deliberate problem for Flavio. I suspect Doohan knew this as he was signed and knows his time is limited.
For those, like Law, that feel that Doohan belongs on the grid, as well as having voiced support for Pourchaire and Drugovich to be on the grid, as well, who would be your 20 drivers in F1? Hell, I'll even allow everyone to drop Lance from AM, even though that is completely unrealistic (in the short term, at least).
The truth is that Doohan was never a top prospect for Flavio or Oakes and, AFAIK, he has failed to impress anyone in the F1 paddock. I, personally, think he is lucky to be getting a 5-6 race audition, as it is.
Completely agree, he’s done LESS THAN NOTHING to impress anyone in F1, done nothing to warrant the seat and ran round 15th when he did at Abu Dhabi which was pathetic when gasly got points
I do agree in general, even though i would be someone to say that Drugovich deserved to be there over Lance, but yeah, i don't actually think that Drugovich is really amongst the top best 20 drivers around right now.
But i do think that he would do better than Lance, as Lance is like at the ceiling of performance for the average pay/amateur driver.
The best of the best only really counts for half of the sport at most, the majority of teams and players are there to give the best something to play against.
But on a human level i do feel for the drivers that get treated like this, but that's the nature of high level sports everywhere.
@@Blockplay2350 To be clear, I am not hating. He is a billions time faster than I am and I hope he gets some great opportunities in Hypercar (which is becoming really bad ass). Jack has absolutely nothing to be ashamed of, but I wish that we would stop with the, "why is so much pressure being applied to this driver" in the "Pinnacle Of Motorsport".
I like that pressure is being applied to Gasly and Albon. I want to see how they will respond knowing that a driver like Franco (or, possibly, Paul Aron or Gabrielle Mini) might take their respective seats.
I feel like it makes (almost) the entire grid genuinely worth watching.
@@Games_and_Music
"... i would be someone to say that Drugovich deserved to be there over Lance, ..."
OK, but a thousand drivers deserved to there over Lance, even though we all (including Drugovich, when he signed in '22) knew that was not going to happen. There is a reason why AM has never signed an exciting prospect to their development program and that is because all of the exciting prospects sign with, literally, any other team since they knew that neither Fernando or Lance were going anywhere (although, with increasing corporate investment in AM, that may be changing).
"... i don't actually think that Drugovich is really amongst the top best 20 drivers around right now"
Right, and the entire F1 paddock agreed with you, which is why he did not get signed to any other development program.
I am pointing all of this out because I am not a fan of, "oh, such-and-such did fairly well in F2 and he is in this team's driver academy and he seems like a nice guy, he should really get a seat in F1." OK, so what driver, realistically, should be dropped in favor of him? "*crickets*".
F1 is brutal for anyone that does not have a billionaire daddy/sponsor and it is probably going to remain that way. I would much rather 'fight' for those young talents that seem like they really, REALLY belong in F1.
@@TheWhiskyRebel Yeah, fair points, it should be called the "Pinnacle of Motorsport" for a reason, and that has been in question for some years already.
I only mention Drugo in terms of choosing between him or Lance, because then i also think the entire F1 paddock would agree on that, but yeah, to put Drugo above many other drivers, that will be a tough thing to justify.
I am a bit torn sometimes between the treatments and possible potential that some drivers had, but yeah, i also accept that it is just the way it is.
People see Max as the generational talent, and he definitely didn't get there by playing nice, there were definitely some casualties.
Same goes for many other big names, in either sport, or business etc.
I can't see Doohan without thinking of Bob Parr (The Incredibles 2005 movie). That's a chin for the open face helmet era.
It's not a great look for Alpine but it's still a great opportunity for Doohan providing they honour what ever agreement they have (rumor is it's a 5 race deal, no idea if that includes Abu Dhabi 2024). Colapinto grabbed a cursed looking opportunity to drive a few races and destroy his ability to go back to F2. It looked like a suicide move, but he took it and impressed and now he's being talked about in relation to several f1 seats and seems to be at or near the top of every teams "if we need a driver" list. If Doohan can take those 4/5 races and make the most of it, keep it out of the wall, show he has the pace to keep up with comparable cars, and maybe score a point or two if the car is up to it, he can look forward to being the new flavour of the month. Won't be easy and I don't expect him to do it, but I didn't think we'd ever see Doohan in F1.
I normally give likes for the f1 content but that HE-MAN reference is what got my like this time lol
Loving your videos Law. Feels like an F1 chat with a buddy in the evening, except only he talks
oh hey, our yapper on a ladder got a sponsor, way to go Law!
That Opinions intro was so extra and over the top.
I absolutely love it 😀
The "I have opinions!!!!" Pulls me out of whatever I'm doing to watch the video closer. And I'm immediately rewarded by a silent portion that I would have missed if I was just listening. Law eyeballing me with his fingers 😂
Argentinian fan here, even tho franco has left i have become a Williams fan for life. Besides Franco, Uncle James, Albon and the whole team dynamic made me a fan. Ill never forget what theyve done for franco and us and how theyve treated him during those nine races.
Indeed. I reckon Williams will be held in high regard. Because, if you think about it, the team hosted Franco but also Carlos Reutemann. The previous Argentinian to have scored points in F1.
@@LawVS in regards to Reuteman is a touchy subject because of the suspicions on that Vegas GP. But most people seem to understand that the team is no longer owned by the actual family so I reckon a lot of not all of the bad blood Argentinians had for Williams has been washed away by how they treated Franco every step of the way.
"We said Jack would race in 2025, we said nothing about how many races he would compete in"- Flavio probably
Not make it look like its Colapinto Fault. Doohan limited contract was that way BEFORE Colapinto debut. Jacks limited time (If its true) its the reason why Colapinto its there. Not Colapinto arrive making it limited. (Sry for my english, hope you get the idea)
I made this point last vid. after doing lots TPC running and being in a competitive car I think Doohan was told the last race was a 'freebie ' no pressure ,enjoy yourself etc etc. but that's never the case in F1... Colapinto, Bearman (and Lawson) made sure they really performed in their first full weekends of running in F1, jack looked out of his depth a bit and im not surprised Alpine are bringing in a 'back up'. he can still perform and stay in his seat. but he really has to perform. I think Jack, and us to an extent, being a little naive about what the teams expectations of his opportunity in Abu Dhabi really where.
Many people, especially occasional F1 fans, feel pity for Doohan but they don't take into account that he has been driving F1 cars since 2022 and he was beaten by his benchmark teammates every time except the last one when he was matched against newcomer Paul Aron (who never drove an F1 car) in the 2024 Abu Dhabi post season testing. Doohan only beat Aron by 0.007s, by the way.
Alpine and Briatore are just trying to fix a mistake from the past, i.e., signing Doohan early in order to prevent the same situation they faced when they lost both Alonso and Piastri.
Jack was driving an unupgraded busted car that Ocon couldn't qualify higher than 20th. He was also under extreme pressure not to crash.
Every time i hear law say "give it a go" it makes my day.
Well done for your brand new sponsor. I would only add to the analysis that getting Franco, Alpine will avoid with Pierre the "Albon is the king" situation where he never had a real teammate to compite with. Pierre is a brilliant driver but the team needs 2 competitive drivers to get the most out of the situation.
Thank you so much for guiding us through the abyss that is the winter break, Law ❤️
I love that you said "The Colapinetta" hahahahahah I almost fell off my chair
I hope Jack will be good enough to sign elsewhere than this greedy Alpine team
I doesn’t deserve crap from scum bags
i needed the he-man reference this morning, thanks law. loved it
When a footballer leaves to another club, barring them being someone I really respect or was a HUGE fan of, I unfollow them. Williams? Hell no. They've got a fan for life. I really respect James Vowels, and hope Colapinto finds his way back some day. Till then, aguante Argentina! Vamos Franco!
Great channel, and congratz for your new sponsor Thanks for sharing I really like your attick. Vamos Franquito
Sounds bizarre, but hearing you have an ad bit in a video made me so happy for you, good on you Law . 2025 season here we come 😁
Bortoleto - is who I want to see on track.
And Hammyfans talk about toxic atmosphere at RB 🤣😂
Doohan was promised a seat all year at Alpine since it became known Ocon was going to leave...now he's almost fired before he starts...
That said I do think Colapinto deserves a place in F1, at least for another year to proove himself.
But that also goes for Doohan.
Yes. We are here🇦🇷
Thx for noticing. Great content 🎉
Flavio Briatore should have been banned from F1 for life for Crashgate, something that apparently a lot of people have stopped caring about 🤷🏼♀️
I been following since like a few thousand now you have nearly 100k. Raycon sponsorship is dope!
woah ladder man made it!! that Raycon Sponsorship!!!! Hell yea
Having only had one race himself, Jack can effectively replace himself for FP1 in Melbourne so if he does see out the full year he won't need to hand the car to anyone else for an FP1.
Congrats on the sponsorship!!!!!
Congratulations on the Raycon sponsorship I will order some to support you! Just don't forget me when you're rich and famous Law 😉
Also! I think Flavio is VERY much old school F1 and is very good at seeing where the weak links are in the team, as far as performance goes. He is very much going to give EVERYONE a chance but only one chance and if there is no improvement/potential then heads roll and he is onto the next person wanting a chance. Think of that grim reaper meme going door to door. Lol 😂 cheers from a Yank across the pond
ARGENTINA IS THE BEST FANDOM IN THE WORLD every musician and sports player knows it, really good show greatings from the mouth
Get in there with the sponsorships!! Well done Law!
Law, before looking in to it, I had no idea Hirakawa was 30 going on 31? I thought he was a spring chicken!?
Enormous long shot he gets near that seat unfortunately. Besides, there’s probably 1 or 2 Japanese drivers that get in ahead of him I would say.
Has Ryo been signed with Alpine’s other disciplines in mind would you say? WEC?
Omg your first sponsor!!! I've never been so excited to hear an ad read, congratulations😊
OMG an ad! 😯
Re: He-Man reference: tell me your age without telling me your age. 😆
Also, damn. That's some super power!
congrats for the sponsor !!
I worry about ladder man’s feet on those runs, hope he’s got a platform there 😂
Ajaajjajaja!!! And you will continue to see us down here XDD! This was an excelent video, since covered all positions and analized what it's mainly the nature of F1: a business. In that sense, Franco it's a more interesting option for Alpine in terms of hability and commercial perspective. I will not say that I feel sorry for the australian driver, because as you highlight it's the wrong thing to do. If he's good he will remain on the market for another chance, like the youngest Schumacher do and people should take that in to consideration when talking in social media. This isn't Franco's or Jack's fault, there's no one to blame on here. This is business, in a category that demands money to perform and that, under today's light, also asks charisma and an expansive fanbase from the drivers and the teams. In that sense, Briatore's narrative it's spot on. It builds a remembrance, hype the audience and unfolds drama at unexpected levels. It comes as no surprise that he's Italian, land of the opera and Sofía Loren🤣 and that he has also chosen one of the most dramatic and theatrical latinos: the argentinians, that are eager to follow his lead in to this novela 😉
Law, have you seen the new behind the scenes video from Williams with Carlos? A lot of footage of them talking about the car, I would like to hear your thoughts on it!
The Christian Horner impression always cracks me up.
You don't have a tiny clue bout how passionate can we get bout our boy 🇦🇷.
One thing is being comfy at F2 like Doohan, and another is to drive as mature f1 driver as Franco since day 1.
Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍
Congratulations on your sponsor!! 💰👏
The super saiyan edits are back!
Briatore should still be in the sin bin and nowhere near a grid. This should be about performance and not marketing as well... Coincidentally, I hear the F1 CEO is also Italian. Just sayin'.
Yeah.... Also... Dear Australia and its wonderful people, we here at McLaren are taking in fans for 2025 season, come join 😀.... Sincerely Oscar Piastri 😊. PS I TOLD YOU SO... but in a soft professor like manner. 👍
Nobody mentioning the intro? Okay...
LETS GOOOOOOOO based intro
Wow! You've got a sponsorship! Congrats!
briatore already broke doohan spirit, like a kit-kat bar
Unfair really, as he has only had one full race , where he brought it home , without pace, but thats what I would do, first GP.
They need to give him at least til the summer break. Briatore Alpine are not in the constructors or WDC in 25....calm the F down!
Let them build for 26'🤣🤣
Franco colapinto puso la vara alta .En sus primeras carreras fue muy bueno ,arriesgo ,se adapto ademas que es uno de los pilotos mas rapidos de la parrilla ,eso por telemetria .
@@karinafitzsimons7563 He took a chance at a start.. brilliantly. So did many rookies and they ended up costing millions in repairs. Cost Cap is a nonsense in this sport, let the teams Cook. let them develop organically, they are giving back, to the enviornment. Thats why F1 is still here after a Century!
THERE WAS AN ESCAPE ROAD
RAYCON SPONSORSHIP?? HELL YEAH, YOU LOVE TO SEE IT!
Really happy for you Law, let's heckin gooooooooo
Franco's manager (Maria) told on an interview that the deal it's actually a 5 year lease from Williams.
The second Alpine was 0.6s a lap slower in the spec that Jack drove it. Which put him on Gasleys pace in qualy.
Wondering in which race Briatore is going to order Jack to slam himself into a wall
Thank you! At least someone else remembers!
he's gonna have to drive to survive
A SPONSOR!!!! FINALLY!!!!
F1 is not a 4 year contract environment. It's a 1-2 year deal for both driver and team, because so much can change in that time. Basically only the best drivers get offered a 4yr+ deal and they have to want it.
Hope Doohan gets at least a decent chance to prove himself.
At first glance this video was way too long, plus you just uploaded a video about the same topic 2 days prior with the same lenght! Plus it was super cringy when started watching this video, but as the video progressed you make some very good point objectively, you certainly know your stuff, subscribed.
OPINIONS!!! Bless the power of hot takes
3:08
The main reason why i hate Alpine
Before 2022 i liked the team but now oh no that's changed
They suck wont buy there crappy cars
@martinj2843 Yea that too
I wish Jack the best. I can't wait to see who Caddy has as drivers
Argentina & Brazil they go hand on hand in any short . Both supporting and rivaling .This season will be amazing to watch for S. America
special effects budget through the roof on this one
There's one bigger issue than the six race contract and the overall pressure it puts on Doohan: I think Aron is the most competitive of the three reserve drivers. It's a shame that they didn't give him a chance. I know money talks, but..
Hot take: I can see Franco taking the spot of whichever driver is performing worse, even if it’s Gasly. Gasly is great and wouldn’t deserve to lose his seat but Franco’s South American draw might be too much to leave on the sideline all season.
It was loaned by Williams to Alpine for 5 years with an option to sell within that period.
Maybe the Williams Academy has another (maybe even better) gem in Luke Browing and if one of the drivers are going out than he will get seat.
15M are impossible to say no to
Es verdad. Los fans argentinos estamos aquí.
How many bad moves can Alpine make
Franco tiene mas patrocinadores que Lawson, y es mejor piloto, hasta la F1 lo quiere tener en parrilla, todos postearon su fichaje a alpine, ya estaba preparado, saludos desde Argentina, y la verdad es que todos sabemos que el plan de briatore con Colapinto es el mismo que hizo con Alonso y con michael Schumacher
ON A SATURDAY!!!!!🎉🎉🎉
It's all a very odd situation. Colapinto appears to be a pretty decent driver, but there was never all that much excitement around him in other categories. Compared with the excitement there was around drivers such as Lewis, Seb and Max when they were pushing for drives in F1. Currently Antonelli has all that excitement. The fact that Red Bull were the only top team to show any sort of interest in Franco (and even that cooled pretty quickly) raises questions over why Apline have gone to this much trouble. Add to this the fact that Williams let him go to a team who they would consider a direct competitor and it is even more confusing. James Vowles might like to pretend he doesn't want to stand in the way of a young driver getting his chance but his first priority is supposed to be Williams. If Alpine have signed Franco because he has a whole country supporting him and plenty of sponsorship, they should have brought former Alpine junior driver Zhou back because sorry Argentina, China wins in that regard.
To be fair, there is not much talk of Jack Doohan becoming an all time great. But Alpine is quite a long way off competing for regular race wins so the absolute best juniors are only going to see them as a stepping stone on the way to a drive with a top team anyway. Alpine have gone to all this effort to sign a driver who they will lose if he shows signs of being a top tier driver when they already had several other drivers they could try if it turns out Doohan doesn't meet their expectations.
I really don't see the problem ... Jack's fate is still in his hands. Nothing unfair about that. If he performs, he stays.
Aussie here - I don't think this will be the case. Jack would pretty much have to match or exceed Gasly's performances, and Gasly is one of the best drivers on the grid. That will be an impossible task against an F1 driver with 8 years experience. Flavio Briatore will be looking at any possible excuse to employ a driver that brings in the sponsors. Money wins again.
@@eeehan77Doohans best track was Abu Dhabi, and he was mediocre there at best. Which is why they might replace him
5 races is not a chance. Plus, this is Briatore. If Jack does start doing well I'm sure his car would mysteriously start failing.
@@eeehan77dude here Aussie here, unfortunately jack is gone no matter what…….im I happy about it no friggin way
What did Jack do man to deserve this😟!!
It's Alpine's fault for rushing him into the seat without properly making sure they were committed.
He didn't do jack!
Absolutely nothing, that’s the point, no immediate impact as is needed these days, he ran round 15th ffs at Abu Dhabi and got matched by Aron in the test when it was Aron’s first time ever in an F1 car. He was as never the answer
@@Blockplay2350 Yeah, it's a harsh world, and i think LawVS is also right about Flav probably thinking that he's being nice to Doohan for even giving him a chance.
Jack is a nice kid, but yeah, i don't think i've seen people actually being convinced that he's going to challenge anybody.
I think Drugovich deserved a chance over Doohan, but yeah, we're never going to get rid of Lance.
And yeah, people do feel for Doohan, but on a human level, not because he's being done over in terms of his skills.
To be honest, Doohan, Schumacher and Colapinto (and DeVries) all have that super mellow personality, i'm not too sure that Colapinto will be able to really be a threat to anybody, unless he can relight that debut fire.
But who knows, maybe Doohan will actually surprise us.
@@LawVS But you haev said more than once that you want to see him on the grid. Do you no longer feel that way?
I think this internal problems will make compite betwen both and we will see whos better soon ❤
Any chance of Doohan, Drugovich or Schumacher as 3rd driver for 2025? There are so many young drivers I'd like to see have a chance.