this friday Franco Colapinto finished eighth in the classification for the Miami sprint racewhich will be raced this Saturday at 1:00 p.m. After the improvement of the Argentine pilot, Alpine shared a behind-the-scenes video in which the man from Pilar celebrates the result with his girlfriend, Maia Reficco.
The images shared by the French team immediately went viral on social networks. There you can see the reunion of the couple once the classification is finished: They both melt into a hug and Colapinto gives Reficco a kisswho smiles excited about her boyfriend’s performance.
Among the background noise, typical of the pits after the session, a question from Reficco can be heard: “How did it go?“The pilot responds, but the words cannot be identified even though the result speaks for itself: he finished eighth with a time of 1m29s320/1000, 1s451/1000 of the world champion and surpassed Isaac Hadjarof Red Bulland also to his own companion, Pierre Gaslywho came tenth.
The clip continues with images of Argentine fans supporting Franco Colapinto in Miami, along with scenes in which the driver greets his engineers and the rest of the Alpine team.
However, at the end of the video, which is barely 14 seconds long, Reficco and Colapinto appear together again. Hugging each other, they walk through the Alpine paddock while chatting. “You were very good“, encourages the actress. “Where did you see it from?“, the man from Pilar wanted to know.
Along with the video, the team added a small text, which accompanies the publication: “Team 43. What it means to all of them“, they posted from the Alpine account in x.
In statements to the media and after a complex season, the Argentine driver appreciated the change in trend. “It was a good job that the whole team did, what I did with the engineers. The stoppage helped us start over. After tough moments in the first races, starting like this is very good”, he expressed minutes after the classification in Miami.
In addition, he highlighted performance in less favorable conditions and future potential. “The last attempt was with used tires and we were faster than a Red Bull, so everything is on track. There is still a lot to understand, but it was a very positive day and tomorrow we go for more”, he concluded.
Then, in a more relaxed version and through a video shared on the Alpine account on xColapinto once again analyzed his eighth place. “It was good. It’s a restart for us after the little break we had, and now we came back stronger. Also, I am proud to have achieved this mark”, he noted.
“We had really difficult moments in the first races“, he stressed, and added: “And that is why we worked so hard with the team and the engineers to understand where we were failing and where we should improve.”
Finally and in a smiling tone, he concluded: “Surely soon I will have to do more demonstrations in Buenos Airesbecause I achieved this mark after having had a good experience there.”
Rumors of romance between Colapinto and Reficco They emerged in early 2026 when the pilot uploaded to his Instagram account a photo of her wearing her helmet. Although the pilot said he was still single, the versions that they were in a relationship were becoming more and more consolidated.
Finally, their stay in Buenos Aires for the Colapinto Road Show last Sunday served as the setting for the confirmation. From the account of LAM’s army An image was shared in which They could both be seen at the Zárate kart track and the journalist Ángel de Brito said that Colapinto “closed a restaurant in Palermo to have dinner with his girlfriend Maia Reficco and friends”.
In addition, on Saturday, April 25, they shared a barbecue at Estancia Vigil, in Cardales, province of Buenos Aires, with family and friends and, in addition to sitting next to each other, They walked hand in hand and exchanged knowing glances..
The next day, Colapinto was engraved in bronze by becoming the first Argentine to drive a Formula 1 car in the streets of Buenos Aires and his girlfriend accompanied him on an unforgettable day.
During that same day, Reficco shared an image of the pilot after his Buenos Aires demonstration, making the romance between the two official.
