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Alpine · #43 · Argentina

Franco Colapinto & Stuart Barlow

A Le Mans winner from the Audi Joest days, in his first race-engineer job.

Since Imola 2025[1][2]2 seasons

Franco Colapinto’s driver profile →

Results

Together

Since Imola 2025. Grand Prix starts only.

Starts

35

Wins

0

Podiums

0

Poles

0

Points

27

2026 season

Championship position and points include sprints.

Position

P12

Points

27

Wins

0

Podiums

0

Poles

0

Driver career

Since 2024, with every team and engineer.

Starts

44

Wins

0

Podiums

0

Poles

0

Titles

0

Up to round 17, Singapore Grand Prix (2026-10-11).[3]

On the radio

Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, 2026 · Both Alpines finish in the points.

BarlowCreo que, desde donde estábamos el viernes, poner dos autos en los puntos fue un gran esfuerzo. Todos trabajaron muy duro. Nos faltan algunas cosas, pero vendrán mejores cosas adelante. Llevaremos ese optimismo a Spielberg (Austria).

Reported in Spanish by Infobae. In English: "From where we were on Friday, getting two cars in the points was a great effort. Everyone worked very hard. We’re missing a few things, but better things are ahead. We’ll take that optimism to Spielberg."

Transcript as published[4]

Race engineer

Stuart Barlow

British

Franco Colapinto's race engineer at Alpine.[5]

Education

Motorsport and automotive engineering, Oxford Brookes University.[6]

Career

  1. 2011Trackside performance engineer with Audi Team Joest: won the Le Mans 24 Hours.[5][6]
  2. 2010sIndyCar (Wirth Research), Manor F1 in 2016, and the HWA Mercedes DTM programme, with Mercedes’ 2018 DTM titles.[1][6]
  3. 2019–24Renault test-team engineer, then Ocon’s performance engineer (2021–24).[1][7]
  4. 2025–First race-engineer role: Doohan, then Colapinto after the driver swap.[1][2]

Previously engineered

Jack Doohan

Performance engineer

Not publicly confirmed

Alpine has not named this engineer, and no reliable outlet has reported who it is.

Engineering lead at Alpine

Karel Loos

Head of trackside engineering[8][9]

Worth knowing

  • The pairing began when Colapinto replaced Jack Doohan after the 2025 Miami Grand Prix. The start round (Imola, round 7) is inferred from that swap.[2]

Sources

  1. PlanetF1: F1 race engineers: who do we hear speaking to all 22 F1 drivers on team radio?
  2. RacingNews365: Meet the 2026 F1 race engineers
  3. Jolpica-F1: Ergast-compatible F1 results API
  4. Infobae: El guiño del ingeniero Stuart Barlow vía radio a Colapinto tras el GP de Barcelona
  5. Motorsport.com: Every race engineer in F1 2026
  6. Wikipedia: Stuart Barlow (engineer)Wikipedia
  7. Autosport: The trait displayed by F1's newest winner to earn Alpine's trust
  8. Wikipedia: Karel LoosWikipedia
  9. Pitpass: Alpine team profile

Entries marked Wikipedia are community-edited, and several of these engineer pages were only created in 2026. Where Wikipedia is the only source for a fact, treat it as less certain.