Franco Colapinto | |||||||||||||||
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_(cropped).jpg) Colapinto in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | Franco Alejandro Colapinto 27 May 2003 Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||
| Formula One World Championship career | |||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Argentine | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 team | Williams-Mercedes | ||||||||||||||
| Car number | 43 | ||||||||||||||
| Entries | 6 (6 starts) | ||||||||||||||
| Championships | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Career points | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Pole positions | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fastest laps | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| First entry | 2024 Italian Grand Prix | ||||||||||||||
| Last entry | 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix | ||||||||||||||
| Previous series | |||||||||||||||
| 2024 2022–2023 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2020 2019–2020 2018–2019 | FIA Formula 2 FIA Formula 3 GTWC Europe FIA WEC ELMS FR European ALMS Toyota Racing Series Formula Renault Eurocup F4 Spanish | ||||||||||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||||||||||
| 2019 | F4 Spanish | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
Franco Alejandro "Fran" Colapinto (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfɾan.ko aleˈxandɾo ko.laˈpin.to]; born 27 May 2003) is an Argentine racing driver, currently competing in Formula One for Williams.
Born and raised in Pilar, Colapinto began competitive kart racing aged nine, winning several regional and national championships. Graduating to junior formulae in 2018, Colapinto won his first title at the 2019 F4 Spanish Championship with Drivex. He then finished third in the Formula Renault Eurocup and the Toyota Racing Series in 2020. Colapinto moved into endurance racing in 2021, competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series for G-Drive. Colapinto progressed to FIA Formula 3 in 2022, finishing fourth the following season with MP and graduating to Formula 2.
A member of the Williams Driver Academy since 2023, Colapinto made his Formula One debut with Williams at the 2024 Italian Grand Prix, replacing Logan Sargeant for the remainder of the 2024 season as an interim for the incoming Carlos Sainz Jr. With his debut, he became the first Argentine driver to compete in Formula One since Gastón Mazzacane in 2001. Colapinto scored his maiden points finish at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.