The 3 keys to Colapinto’s arrival in F1 and what could happen in 2025

The Argentine driver will make his debut at the Monza Grand Prix with the Williams team, replacing British Logan Sargeant, who had an accident in third practice last weekend.

Argentine motorsports received the most awaited news of this century. After 23 years there will be a representative in Formula 1 againthe highest category in the world. It will be Franco Colapinto is in charge of carrying the blue and white flag to the highest point. Although there have been speculations for some time about the Pilar native’s arrival in the competition, a series of events occurred that facilitated his arrival.

1. Good performance in minor categories

For some time Colapinto had been outstanding in Formula 2, the category that serves as the test bed for F1, and these performances led him to be considered by Williams. Although in January 2023 he joined the British team’s academy, The relationship has always existed.

Even the Pilar man, thanks to his progress at court, was able to prevail against his teammate Zak O’Sullivan, who is the favorite because of this “local” for Williams. Furthermore, recently the possibility of the Argentinian landing in the top category has generated great expectations in the country, a reaction that has reached Williams and even seen the support of the various brands that accompany the South American driver. Why is that influential? A seat at the World Championship costs between 10 and 15 million dollars.

2. Selected among other drivers

Beyond positioning himself as one of the candidates, Colapinto is not the only option the team has as he has to compete against Mick Schumacherson of seven-time world champion reserve driver for Mercedes – Williams engine supplier – and Liam Lawson. Both have also been close in F1: Schumacher left the Haas F1 Team last year, while Lawson replaced Daniel Ricciardo at AlphaTauri (now RB Honda) last year.

María Catarieu, the Argentine manager, confirmed in an interview with Campeones.com that there was a maneuver by Colapinto that made James Vowles, the team manager, choose him: a spectacular overtake on the last lap against Paul Aron at Imola, in May of this year.

Now Colapinto has to make his debut in Monza, where he had good results as he won Formula 3 in 2022 and 2023. There are nine races left in total and if all goes as the Argentine hopes, he will compete until the end of the season.

3. Sergeant’s accident

Of course, what initiated Colapinto’s arrival in Formula 1 was Logan Sargeant’s accident at the Zandvoort circuit at the Dutch Grand Prix last weekend. With that crash costing the team a huge amount of money added bad results in the final races and breaks in the FW 46 that overflowed the back of the camel. Even Sargeant’s departure is something that has started to gain momentum recently, especially after Williams announced the hiring of Carlos Sainz for last year and the rumors of the Briton’s possible inclusion in the Prema team for IndyCar.

After the crash, Vowles did not hide his discomfort with the driver’s performance and fired: “A hundred people worked for weeks on our big update and we worked hard to race two cars with new parts. And in a second everything was broken. It was an unnecessary accident. “You can’t risk the third training session in the rain.”.

What awaits Colapinto in 2025

More than his arrival in F1, Colapinto, who has tested one of the team’s cars in the first free test at Silverstone in Julyknowing that Williams will not have a place for next year because in addition to the arrival of Sainz, Alexander Albon will continue, who will be his partner for the rest of the current season. Besides that, It will be an interesting test for the 21-year-old who promises to make a definite leap in the category in the coming editions and will have a trial by fire..

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