Last week, Alpine decided that both Colapinto and his teammate, Frenchman Pierre Gasly, would run one session each on Wednesday, while the Frenchman contested both on Thursday and the Argentine both on Friday. Colapinto is having a very good preseason, which began a couple of weeks ago in Barcelona, and although they were private, Agencia Noticias Argentina learned that the Argentine achieved very good results and gained confidence in his A526. As for the sessions in Bahrain, everything started out very difficult for Colapinto, who finished last on Wednesday, although he bounced back significantly on Friday to finish eighth and even completed over 140 laps.