Backed by Bizarrap, Boca fan and new F1 driver: “Don’t compare me to Messi, he’s God”

He was driving his team’s simulator. Formula 2, AMPsuddenly, they told him that he had to go to Grovein Williamsa team where he was a junior talent. That was the moment where the most surreal and at the same time the most beautiful story of his life began. Logan Sargent was removed from Williams in F1 because of his many accidents and in his place he came, Franco Colapinto (Pilar, Argentina, May 27, 2003). At the age of 21, he fulfilled “a dream since he was a child.” He is an official Williams driver in F1 for the remaining 9 races, as next year Williams will have Carlos Sainz in his place to accompany Alex Albon. 9 races “to enjoy”, as he says, and to show his talent for a longer future in F1.

He said there was one night he couldn’t sleep, anxious that the deal would finally be closed and he could sign his contract. He achieved this after the option to sign Mick Schumacher was apparently made. But regardless of the talent and the fact that Williams prefers to bet on a driver from his academy, his great support is a great help, among them, of the Argentine State, YPF and the Tourism Promotion Institute. In addition, they were joined by Globant and the famous music producer Bizarrap, recognized among other songs for his collaboration with Shakira in his musical ‘darts’ in Piqué.

It is also a perfect profile for F1, to continue expanding, this time in a country with such a huge tradition as Argentina. He will be the first Argentine in F1 after 23 years without representation on the grid. That explains the madness there Cola pintothat originated a long time ago. Last year, as a Williams academy driver, he said he didn’t have the money to make the jump to F2. For this reason, thousands of fans on Twitter promoted a million dollar collection to achieve this. And finally, he got it. Today, he is even compared to someone like an idol Leo Messias if in the run-up to the Qatar World Cup. MD asked him about it in Monza.

“Sometimes I see people comparing me to Messi and I say: ‘You guys are crazy.’ Don’t compare me, Messi is God, I don’t know what it’s like to be Messi. But of course, 23 years without an F1 driver from Argentina is a long time, so I understand why it is a special moment for people.argued this Boca Juniors fan, highlighting how important it is for young Argentines to have him as a reference to dream like him.

At 14 years old, he went to Europe away from his parents

Franco made a dream come true for which he had to fight hard. He left Argentina at the age of 14 to go to Europe, away from his parents, sleeping on top of a karting factory in Italy. “I came from Argentina very young, to Italy. I started learning Italian when I was a child, at 14 years old. I left without my family and made many sacrifices. It was very difficult. but in the end it was something I wanted to do and I chose to do “Argentina is very far away, and if you want to do it, you have to be in Europe. It was very clear in my mind since I was a child, and I understood that. the way to do it is to go to Europe.”remember this diary.

“Fortunately, I had an incredible opportunity when I was 14, and I lived above the factory in Italy of a kart team. I didn’t know how to cook, I didn’t know how to wash my clothes, I didn’t know Italian and it’s an absolute disaster.so it was difficult. I think I grew up very quickly during that time in a very short time because I suddenly had to do things that I had never done in my life. Coming from South America is always more difficult, and There are more sacrifices sometimes. You see others who are from Europe and when they finish a race they go home to their family by car or plane an hour away and you are 200,000 kilometers from your family. It is difficult. But I love living in Europe and it’s a pleasure to do my work here,” argument.

“I am proud of all the work done by my managers, the work of many people, sacrifices and efforts to get where I am today. Many times and many moments in my career that have had ups and downs, that felt like getting cut off, that I had to go back to Argentina, moments where you want to go back to your family… there’s everything. those sacrifices that have been accumulated and now produce tremendous emotions to fulfill that goal”, argument.

He swept Spanish F4 in 2019 with Fernando Alonso’s team, based in a mechanic’s home. And a few years later, he fulfilled a lifelong dream that he never expected, when he competed in Formula 2. The wish of a child who had been taught the ways he never lifted an inch off the ground came true, because his mother told ‘Infobae’ and the journalist Dario Coronel.

“He is three years old and this is the first time we have taken him on a tricycle that Aníbal (his father) and I decided to give him for his birthday. It has an electric motor. We took him to a toy store and he has never ridden anything with a motor or any kind of propulsion beyond his feet. The toy store employee sat him down and waited to be delivered and take him for a walk around the toy store. And suddenly Franco sped up, he started dodging between the gondolas and no one could stop him. He’s crazy, it’s like he’s always been like this. It was his first contact with anything motorized. Since he was a child he has had an incredible ability to drive.”he explained in that wonderful report. It’s in his veins.

A remarkable age before the 9 races of his life

Now, as Franco, who has 9 races at Williams, says, he doesn’t want to overact or do more than he should in the beginning. His bet is more on ‘Cholo’ Simeone’s strategy: fight against fight. Or rather, race to race.

So far, before his debut as an official Williams driver (he has already competed in a test in Abu Dhabi and an FP1 in Silverstone), the Argentine driver has shown his immense maturity, talent and education in front of the press. He recalled an Argentine journalist who followed him in Formula 2: “I love that you are the first to ask me”. He smiled, spoke at length in front of the televisions and then responded for 16 minutes to the written media under a tent where it was very hot. The easiest thing is to react quickly and lock himself in his thoughts to prepare for the next day. He didn’t and he was thankful that he could talk to all the media on this day.

Now, on the track he wants to show his progress to show his talent, give Williams points and avoid accidents. He wants to make it clear to everyone that he deserves a place in F1 in the future, not just for 9 races. The moment you’ve been waiting for a lifetime has arrived. Franco Colapinto’s time has come.