TL;DR
- Franco Colapinto ended Argentina's F1 drought, debuting in 2024 with Williams.
- He secured a 2025 seat with Alpine alongside Pierre Gasly.
- Colapinto achieved an eighth-place finish in Azerbaijan and points in Austin.
- He qualified 15th for the Las Vegas Grand Prix after a prior qualifying crash.
In 2001, Gastón Mazzacane bid farewell to the Fórmula 1, and from that point on, Argentina had lost its presence in the world's premier category. Nevertheless, the drought ended with Franco Colapinto: the young driver fulfilled his dream in 2024 thanks to an opportunity with Williams. And in 2025, he returned to the tracks after a few months of inactivity.
Jack Doohan didn't meet expectations at the start of the year, and Alpine definió darle su primera oportunidad al argentino. Colapinto will be partnered with Pierre Gasly, one of the seasoned drivers in Formula 1 despite his 29 years. Although the French team isn't performing well, Franco's performance was convincing enough for him to be anunciarlo como piloto para 2026 alongside Gasly on November 7th.
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Franco's tenure at Williams proved quite successful; he secured an eighth-place finish in Azerbaijan, his personal best, and subsequently earned points again with a 10th in Austin. American driver Logan Sargeant, who had started that season, hadn't managed to finish higher than 11th.
Franco Colapinto's F1 performance today: Formula 1's qualifying results in Las Vegas
Following his 15th-place finish at Interlagos, the closest race to home, Franco Colapinto commenced his appearances at the Las Vegas Grand Prix before competing in the season's final two events in Asia (Qatar and the United Arab Emirates). This GP is unique in that it takes place on Saturday night (early Sunday morning in Argentina).
Después de haber terminado 20º, 16º y 16º en los entrenamientos libres, Franco Colapinto finalizó 15º en una clasificación marcada por la lluvia y el frío de la noche del viernes.
El argentino logró superar con mucha holgura la Q1, en la que quedó en el puesto 11, pero en la Q2 perdió la que estaba siendo su mejor vuelta en el cierre de ella y por lo tanto no logró terminar adelante de alguno de sus rivales. Fue una vuelta de 1m53s683 la de Colapinto en Q2, más de un segundo y medio más lenta de lo que hubiera necesitado para meterse entre los 10 primeros. Pierre Gasly, el compañero del argentino, terminó Xº.
The race will take place on Sunday at 1:00. Everything can be watched on Fox Sports and Disney+, an option that broadcasts the entire weekend without commercial breaks.
It's worth noting that Colapinto is returning to the circuit where he crashed during qualifying; he experienced a 50G impact, which is equivalent to fifty times his body weight.
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