This unofficial fan-made ranking may complicate Franco Colapinto’s future in Formula 1.
The weekend ended the year in the Formula 1 with a great career in Abu Dhabiinside the Yas Marina Circuit, where Lando Norris took first place and assured the team McLaren the Constructors’ Championship, which was also sought by Ferrari. Although Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc put in an impressive performance, they fell short of the points and came in second place.
On the other hand, Max Verstappen became World Champion and without weight on his shoulders, thus achieving his fourth individual title. However, Red Bull Racing could not come close to the Constructors’ podium, as Sergio “Checo” Pérezhis teammate, could not maintain the level he had last year and scored few points, which complicated the team.
The ranking where the Mexican did compete and lead, and where he also enters Franco Colapintoit’s not very positive. The Argentine driver had a good start in the premier category of motorsport, but with the passing of the races couldn’t get good results and had several accidents in classifications, practices and official races. For this reason, it entered the top positions of the “Destroyer Championship“.
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The damage that Colapinto caused at Williams Racing
In parallel and extra officialF1 fans keep an annual count of the drivers who they caused more damage to their cars, and all the money that this cost their teams. Although it is a ranking that goes outside the FIA, it is a good parameter to determine how profitable the teams’ bets were, and Williams You have to rethink several things.
Franco’s team was precisely the one that had to make the most changes to the cars due to accidents and malfunctions. spending almost 11 million dollarsfollowed by Red Bull that wasted 5.7 million. However, the bad news for the Argentine is how high he finished on the drivers’ list.
The ranking of destroyers
- Sergio Pérez – $4,861,000
- Alexander Albon – $4,664,750
- Franco Colapinto – $3,436,000
- George Russell – $3,329,000
- Carlos Sainz – $3,101,000
- Logan Sargeant – $3,008,000
- Yuki Tsunoda – $2,159,000
- Fernando Alonso – $1,959,000
- Lance Stroll – $1,887,000
- Esteban Ocon – $1,625,000
- Kevin Magnussen – $1,420,000
- Guanyu Zhou – $1,419,000
- Daniel Ricciardo – $1,222,000
- Charles Leclerc – $1,207,000
- Max Verstappen – $910,000
- Oscar Piastri – $575,000
- Lewis Hamilton – $545,000
- Niko Hulkenberg – $475,000
- Lando Norris – $422,000
- Valtteri Bottas – $375,000
- Liam Lawson – $125,000
- Pierre Gasly – $0
Source: Ambito
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