The Formula 1 (F1) It is the most important and prestigious competition in motorsports. So each season generates a great expectation among all the fans around the world. And there is less and less until the beginning of the Great Circus. That is why all the teams have already named their drivers and reserve drivers, thus forming the new teams for 2025.
The Great Circus will undergo several changes, since there will be modifications in eight of the 10 teams, and the organization introduced 4 major measures in its regulations. The first race is March 16 in Melbourne, Australia. And every weekend, from that great start, will be pure attention, excitement and adrenaline.
This competition became popular recently in our country, since Franco Colapinto He sat in one of the Williams Racing seats. The 21-year-old Argentine debuted in September last year and had incredible and surprising races, never dropping from 12th place in any of his first five Grands Prix. He even scored five points for the championship.
But after the disappointment of the public after learning that he did not have a guaranteed place in the new season, Alpine announced that the Argentine is his new reserve driver and has a good chance of racing in the top category again in 2025.
This team is a French team owned by Renault Groupwhich debuted in the 2021 season when it replaced the aforementioned manufacturer to promote the sports range of Alpine vehicles. He obtained sixth place in the 2024 Constructors’ championship. And the Spaniard passed through his seats Fernando Alonsoand the new addition of haas, Esteban Ocon.
For this new season, he will keep Pierre Gaslya driver who has been on the team since 2023, and joins Jack Doohanwho spent two years as a reserve for the team. Franco Colapinto will be part of the reserve group, along with Paul Aron and Ryo Hirakawa. His role includes being available to replace the starters if required.
But the peculiarity is that Jack Doohan signed with Alpine only for the first 5 races of the season. So everything indicates that the Argentine will be the “Plan B“and will replace him from the sixth Grand Prix of the year.
Alpine confirmed the incorporation from Colapinto through a post on his social networks. “He joins us with a multi-year contract. Franco will be our reserve driver for 2025,” the team detailed.
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Alpine
The Argentine driver already has a place to continue writing his history in Formula 1 together with Alpine. And this team is owned, for the most part, by the Renault Group, but it also has Hollywood stars, Premier League players and Olympic medalists as part of its shareholders.
Who are the famous people who are shareholders of Franco Colapinto’s Alpine team?
Ryan Reynolds
He is a Canadian-American actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer and businessman. Play the role of Deadpool and the superhero Green Lantern. He also starred in the acclaimed romantic comedy “The Proposal” alongside Sandra Bullock, and the action film “Red Alert” alongside Dwayne Johnson and Gal Gadot.
This is not the first time that he has been part of shareholder activities, since he is the one who leads Maximum Effort Investmentsthe firm that is part of an investment group called The Investor Groupwho has already worked, among others, for the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL and Toulouse FC of French soccer.
And since 2021, together with the actor Rob McElhenneyare the owners of the Wrexhama Welsh football team. They acquired the third oldest club in the history of this sport in England for 2.5 million dollars and achieved two promotions in just three years, after 15 seasons in the same category.
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Trent Alexander-Arnold
It’s a british footballer who plays as a defender for Liverpool FC in the Premier League since his debut in the 2016-17 season. In 2018 he was part of his country’s national team to participate in the World Cup held in Russia, although he only had the opportunity to participate in a friendly with Costa Rica and in the third game of the group stage against Belgium. He also had only one participation in Qatar 2022.
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Anthony Joshua
It’s a professional boxer and Olympic medalist British. He was a two-time IBF World Heavyweight Champion, WBA Super Champion, IBO Champion and WBO Champion.
As an amateur boxer, he represented his country in the 2012 Olympic Games and won the gold medal in the super heavyweight division. He would also represent England at the 2011 World Championships, winning the silver medal.
During his professional career he fought 32 fights, establishing 28 wins and only 4 defeats. In April 2017, he was consecrated as the best heavyweight of the moment by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and for Boxrec.
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Juan Mata
It’s a footballer Spaniard who plays as a midfielder in the Australian A-League team, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. He went through all the youth categories representing his country’s national team and in 2009 he made his debut in the top team, together with which he became champion of the world in 2010 and European champion in 2012.
He played for the Spanish teams Real Madrid and Valencia, in the United Kingdom he played with Chealsea and Manchester United, in Türkiye with Galatasaray, at one time express In Japan he participated in Vissel Kobe, and since last year he has been part of the Australian group.
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Alexander Zverev
It’s a German tennis player and Olympic medalistwho won the ATP Finals trophy in 2018. He won five Masters 1000s and reached the final of the US Open in 2020.
In 2021, it was consecrated Olympic champion in Tokyo 2021 after beating the Russian tennis player Karen Jachanov in the final.
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