F1 star suffers horror crash in testing

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Alpine have issued a statement after driver Franco Colapinto was involved in a crash during testing.

Images appeared to show Colapinto had collided with barriers at the Hungaroring during Pirelli tyre testing, The Sun reports.

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Alpine is one of a number of Formula One teams that are currently testing for the 2026 campaign during the F1 summer break.

Teams have been testing prototype Pirelli tyres for next year's compounds to simulate the loads the 2026 regulations are due to generate in the short break before the 2025 schedule continues in the Netherlands at the end of the month.

The 2026 tyres are set to be 25mm narrower at the front and 30mm narrower at the rear.

Colapinto, Lando Norris, Liam Lawson and Paul Aron are some of the names that have been testing this week.

But things went awry for Colapinto when he crashed on turn 11 during a lap around Hungaroring.

A team statement from Alpine said: "Team Update. During Day 2 of Pirelli Tyre Testing at the Hungaroring this morning, Franco Colapinto had an incident at Turn 11.

"Franco was assessed on site at the medical centre and is OK."

It comes after a frustrating outing for Colapinto at last week's Hungary Grand Prix.

The 22-year-old Argentine finished in 18th place, one place in front of teammate Pierre Gasly, in a race won by Norris ahead of Aussie and McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri.

Pirelli's motorsport boss Mario Isola also released a statement to clarify the incident was not tyre-related.

"These have been two useful days for making progress with the development of our compounds for next season, given that we are now entering the home straight," he said.

"The Hungaroring is a demanding track due to its many slow curves and the amount of energy that goes into the tyres on a lap that is rather short.

"This makes it a challenging place to test tyres, in particular for the compounds that will be central to the 2026 range - which will go from C1 to C6 like this year.

"We have collected a lot of data, although it was a pity that we lost some of our potential mileage today when Colapinto went off the track, even though this was not in any way linked to the tyres."

Colapinto is in his first year with Alpine after replacing Jack Doohan behind the wheel.

The former Williams driver is yet to score a point since replacing Doohan.

F1 will return on August 31 with the Dutch Grand Prix at the Circuit Zandvoort.