He BWT Alpine Formula One Team announced the signing of Franco Colapinto. The Argentine joined the team as test and reserve pilot ahead of the 2025 F1 World Championship, which starts next March in Australia.
Colapinto came to Alpine afterwards spent one season with Williams Racing. The English team, however, reached an agreement with the French team for the transfer of the Argentine has signed a “multi-year” contract, as Alpine explained in its statement.
The pilot, 21 years old, will be present at several Grand Prix throughout the year and at the same time will share driving duties with Paul Aron and Ryō Hirakawa in the Test of Previous Cars Program (TPC). Furthermore, they added that You will train with the team in the loop pilot simulator at their headquarters located in Enstone (United Kingdom).
“I am excited to have the opportunity to join the BWT Alpine Formula One Team” Colapinto’s statement. The Argentine wants to thank Williams all the support they gave “from the moment I joined the Academy to the last race in Abu Dhabi” as he commented that the English team made “my dream of competing in F1 a reality.”
The Argentinian face this “challenge” with “true honor” and declared that he is “looking forward to getting started and seeing where this journey takes us.” Furthermore, he also expressed his gratitude to Luca de Meo, Flavio Briatore and Oliver Oakes for “trust me and welcome me to the team with open arms”.
In its part, Flavio BriatoreBWT Alpine’s executive advisor commented that they were “very happy” with the addition of Colapinto which he described as “one of the best young talents in motorsports right now”. In fact, he emphasizes that the Argentine’s appearance on the F1 grid last year “surprised many, including me,” adding that “His performances are very good for a rookie driver”.
Now the Italian said they “set their sights on our future and his signing (that of Colapinto) means that we have a great group of young drivers to use and with whom to work to develop the team for future success“.
Source: La Verdad
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