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Colapinto sponsor hits reverse on Imola prediction

May 1 Franco Colapinto's sponsor hit reverse gear after revealing that the young Argentine will take over from Jack Doohan at Alpine 'in Imola'. One of 21-year-old rookie Colapinto's major backers is the Argentine oil giant YPF, whose president appeared on local broadcaster A24 earlier this week. 'I can't tell you that,' YPF president Horacio Marin laughed when asked when Colapinto, the new team reserve, will start racing in Doohan's place this year. However, when the end-screen and music was playing and Marin believed his microphone was no longer broadcasting, he muttered to the interviewer: 'In Imola.' The clip went viral, prompting an about-face from Marin in a subsequent media...
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