Who is Franco Colapinto, the young Argentine driver who is one step away from Formula 1

He was born in 2003, had a good season in Formula 3 and several F1 teams showed interest in him. This Tuesday, he is expected to confirm his presence in F2 for 2024.

Franco Colapinto is a young Argentine who since 2022 has been competing with Williams in Formula 3 of the FIA, the third category of the world’s most important motorsport championship. The driver, born in Pilar, was closely followed by several Formula 1 teams and Now he can announce his jump to F2.

Here, we examine the story of the boy who He dreams of continuing to make strides until he reaches F1, where there has been no Argentine representative for more than 20 years.

Who is Franco Colapinto, the Argentine driver who can reach Formula 2

Franco Alejandro Colapinto was born on May 27, 2003 in PilarBuenos Aires. “When I was 4 years old, my father bought me a quadricycle, so since I was a newborn I was almost a fan of everything that had to do with four wheels. I bought bigger and bigger quads. “I love going to TC races because my dad had a team until I started racing karts at 10.”said in dialogue with TN.

In 2013 he began to stand in international karting competitions, until in 2018 he got the great opportunity to enter a racing car. Formula 4 of Spain where he competed in the last two races of the competition. The results? He came second in the penultimate race and won the last one, thus showing his good qualities.

During 2020, Colapinto had a remarkable time in the Toyota Racing Series where he was the best of the rookies, while later that year he finished 3rd in the Formula Renault Eurocup Championship with MP Motorsport.

2021 is a year of great activity for the Argentine, which was 3rd in the Asian Le Mans Series Championship, 4th in the European Le Mans Series and also competed in the European Formula Regional (FRECA) with 2 wins. Meanwhile, in the endurance categories he also showed all his talent, fighting for victory in 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class and has excellent work in the European Le Mans Series (G-Drive Racing).

A good season in F3 and the possible jump to F2 in 2024

From 2022, Colapinto competes in F3 of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) with MP Motorsport and, this year, he managed to become a new member of the Williams Driver Academy. yes ok finished fourth in the category this seasonhad a chance until the last race to be runner-up. Franco scored points in 14 of 18 races and collected 56.70% of his team’s units. who finished in third place at the Team Championships.

Its great gift has attracted the interest of several investors: YPF, the Tourism Promotion Institute (Inprotur with the legend “Visit Argentina”) and Globant, among others. This will give him the necessary economic boost to make the jump to Formula 2, the prelude to the highest category of motorsports, where Argentina has not been represented since Gaston Mazzacanewho competed in the 2000 season for Minardi and the first four races of 2001 for Prost.

Franco Colapinto will give a conference at ACA: will he make the jump to F2?

The Argentine pilot will provide a conference this Tuesday at 6:30 pm on the ninth floor of the headquarters of the Argentine Automobile Club (ACA), located on Av. Del Libertador 1850, where he will review his 2023 season and give his vision for next year. It is expected to confirm its presence in Formula 2 in 2024.

Colapinto and his fanaticism for Boca

The young pilot is Boca fanatic fan. In October last year, Colapinto visits La Bombonera and meets with Jorge Ameal, president of Xeneize. There, he received as a gift a shirt with the last name and the number 10.