The contrast between the two Alpine drivers at the British Grand Prix weekend became extremely harsh yet again in qualifying at Silverstone as the fortunes of Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto drastically diverged.

Alpine’s prospects looked dire by Saturday afternoon and a double Q1 exit was on the cards. However, Colapinto was piecing together a more convincing weekend. He was closer to Pierre Gasly in FP1 and FP2 - although for the fifth round running he was the slowest driver to set a time - and was then quicker than Gasly in FP3.

Colapinto then outpaced Gasly on their first Q1 runs. While Gasly was struggling a lot with the car, which has been tricky to drive and had its usual engine deficit painfully exposed here, Colapinto was handling the situation better and looking to replicate his Canada performance where he took advantage of a Gasly error to outqualify his team-mate.

But then Colapinto spun needlessly at the end of his second push lap on his first set of softs, gently hit the barrier, and had to stop soon after getting back onto the circuit - ending his Q1 early.

Here's the moment Colapinto went off