After learning of Red Bull’s decision to have Liam Lawson to change the march of ‘Checo’ Pérezthe Argentine options Franco Colapinto to be part of the starting grid for the 2025 World Cup has been reduced to zero.
And the young 21-year-old driver, after making his debut in the last nine rounds of the 2024 World Championship with Williams, has held talks with various teams, including Alpine, to compete in the next season. However, despite also closing the door on Red Bull, Colapinto did not deny that his future was linked to F1 next season in some way or another, although he acknowledged that it was “out of his hands”. and “it’s someone else who has to decide.”
This was indicated by the Argentine this Thursday in an interview with The Country after receiving the Golden Olimpia for the best Argentine athlete of 2024, an award shared with Emiliano ‘Dibu’ Martínez, goalkeeper of Aston Villa and the Argentine National Team. In the said interview, Colapinto assured that his immediate future will be linked to Williams again, but this time he will wait for his chance after Alexander Albon and Carlos Sainz.
“I think I will be a reserve driver for Williams in 2025“said the Argentine. “There were talks with Red Bull Racing after my first races, but they have a very strong academy of drivers, they have to show that it works, that they have candidates who can enter either four cars, and when it comes to a price for a driver, as Williams did to me, the negotiations begin to go in a different direction. “You have to wait and always be prepared,” he added.
On the other hand, Colapinto also referred to the scenario that put him in Alpine’s orbit in recent days.
“At Alpine they have drivers [Gasly y Doohan] there is a contract. That’s why I say that my situation is the reserve driver at Williams. A place might open in the middle of the season, like this year. You have to work, you always have to work. No holidays. At Williams they gave me a chance to show myself and they trusted me to do the last part of the season. The future is always uncertain,” said the Argentine.
Source: La Verdad
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