Before facing his fourth race in Formula 1the Argentine pilot Franco Colapinto analyzed his future in the highest category of motorsports and joked about the arrival of Carlos Sainz to Williamsthe Spaniard who will take his place in the team, in which he will not be able to continue next year.
During an interview with Pablo Motos, host of the Spanish program The Anthill, The brand new F1 driver said, laughing: “I don’t have a team. It happens that Carlos He’s going to take my seat away. Your compatriot. Tell him… cut him off to Carlitos, let him go to another team. Don’t screw around.”
In the next season, Carlos Sainz, Ferrari driver, will join Williams next year to be the Thai’s partner Alex Albon. In this way, the future of Colapinto in Formula 1 It’s a mystery. The only vacant position is in Sauber and since Williams They are moving forward with the negotiation so that he can run there, although there are still no definitions in this regard.
In his talk with El Hormiguero, the Argentine spoke about his future: “I have no idea what I am going to do next year. My plan A is to stay at Williams. It is very exciting that James (Vowles) “I want to stay in F1, apart from the opportunity that Williams gave me,” he noted.
Furthermore, the 21-year-old praised the work of the English team: “I love this team, and I love how they workand I think you have to be grateful. AND They are the first ones who gave me the opportunity to be in an F1 car. and I really enjoy working with them, and I think we are making good steps forward as a team,” he said.
Franco Colapinto’s path to Formula 1
In another part of the interview, the pilot assured that he always prepared himself physically and mentally to reach the highest category: “Since I was a child I fought and dreamed about it. I was prepared mentally and physically in case the opportunity arose and it came.”
“I went to Italy as a child, without knowing the language. It was a mess, I wanted to kill myself. It was a total delirium, leaving at 14 years old 12 thousand kilometers away without anyone from your family. I went alone to live in a factory, “I didn’t know how to cook or wash clothes. I raced for a brand that made karting chassis and I lived in an apartment above the factory,” said the Argentine.
He also told a funny anecdote about when he lived alone, being so young, and didn’t know how to do everyday tasks: “I made rice in the electric kettle because I didn’t know how, it was a disaster.” “I was skinny because I didn’t eat much, everything was very basic. I knew how to cut fruit,” Colapinto added.
Source: Ambito
