Franco Colapinto

(born 27 May 2003) is an Argentine racing driver, currently competing in the Formula 1 for Williams.
A member of the Williams Driver Academy since 2023, Colapinto made his Formula One debut at the 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.
====2024====
Colapinto replaced Logan Sargeant at Williams after the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix and will compete for Williams for the remainder of the 2024 being set to debut at the 2024 Italian Grand Prix. Colapinto is the first Formula One driver from Argentina since Gastón Mazzacane, who last raced in 2001.
At Monza, Colapinto qualified in eighteenth but recovered to twelfth. The following race at Baku, Colapinto qualified ninth and finished eighth, making him the first Argentine to score points in Formula One since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African Grand Prix (although Mazzacane would have scored at the 2000 Italian Grand Prix under the modern-day scoring system). At Singapore, he finished eleventh and received praise from Sergio Pérez for his sturdy defense.
At Austin, he finished tenth and nearly recorded his first career fastest lap, but Alpine was competing with Williams for eighth in the Constructors' Championship standings and wiped out the fastest lap by sending out Esteban Ocon for a flying lap at the end of the race. Under F1 rules, Ocon could not collect the fastest lap point (since he did not finish in tenth or above) but could prevent Colapinto from getting it. The rule had already been marked for deletion at season's-end, after Daniel Ricciardo courted controversy by taking away the fastest lap from Lando Norris in the previous race. Ocon personally apologised to Colapinto on Twitter after the race. 
In Mexico, he qualified in sixteenth but recovered to twelfth in the race. He had a great performance despite the problems he declared that the car had in qualifying. After the race, the FIA announced a penalty for a collision with Liam Lawson, which applied a 10-second penalty in the race (which did not affect his position) and 2 penalty points on his professional driver's license for 12 months.
==Formula One Career==
Year 	Entrant 	Team 	Pts 	WDC Pos. 	Report
Youth Career 	Youth Career 	Youth Career 	Youth Career 	Youth Career 	Youth Career
2023 - 	Williams Driver Academy	Williams Driver Academy	Williams Driver Academy	Williams Driver Academy	Williams Driver Academy
Senior Career	Senior Career 	Senior Career 	Senior Career 	Senior Career 	Senior Career
 	Williams Racing 	 	 	 	Report
===Career Statistics===
===Career Results===
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