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Franco Colapinto

  • Team Alpine
  • Date of birth 27/05/2003
  • Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Debut Italy, 2024 (Williams)
There’s a fast driver lurking within Franco Colapinto, but there was limited evidence of it in 2025. Part of that was self-inflicted, but you could argue that the 22-year-old wasn’t put in the best situation to succeed, either.
Franco Colapinto
Australian Grand Prix Stats
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The less reported side of Colapinto taking over from Jack Doohan was that, as much as Doohan was akin to a dead man walking, Colapinto had missed one-quarter of the year when he eventually got the nod in Imola, where he immediately shunted in qualifying. 

Part of Alpine’s argument for bringing Colapinto in was that it needed a second driver who was closer to Gasly and could score points. When neither happened, the only intrigue was if Colapinto would be confirmed for 2026, which happened last November. 

Colapinto isn’t Alpine’s biggest problem, but he’ll need to be more of a solution in his belated first full season, no matter his commercial attractiveness.

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