Franco Colapinto He finished eighteenth in this Saturday’s classification and confirmed his place on the starting grid for next Sunday where he will have his official debut as Formula One (F1) driver. During the second day of the competition, the Argentine runner had improved his performance, finishing ninth in the third free practice, which showed a notable improvement compared to Friday.
Colapinto, a sensational driver in the country, arrived in F1 suddenly last week, after the Williams team decided to fire Logan Sargeant. Now, the Williams driver will make his debut on Sunday from 10 in the morning on the Monza circuit, Italy.
Franco Colapinto’s performance in the classification
Although the last few practice laps showed that he was up for something moreFranco Colapinto will finally start 18th in Formula 1 at the Italian Grand Prix. The Argentine driver made his debut in qualifying where he made a mistake during Q1 that he was able to remedy with a great maneuver and in this way he closed a productive second day of his first weekend in F1.
In this way, Colapinto was one of the five drivers eliminated after Q1. As a result, the Argentine will start 18th in Sunday’s race ahead of Kick Sauber drivers Zhou Guanyu (20th) and Valtteri Bottas (19th).
After his first official interviews, Colapinto reflected: “The The first qualifying session was going to be difficult. The truth is that I was comfortable with the car, I felt that I could have a good result.“I had a good first run, and I could improve the second. But then I touched the outside in turn seven and lost the lap. I went quite far out, which was a shame. Afterwards I had little charge and I couldn’t finish the lap.”
“It’s a shame because we had good potential. It was a good circuit to try to get through to Q2. I have very few laps on an F1 car, it is just starting, but I wanted to do a little better.”the Williams driver stressed.
Furthermore, after his last practice lap, where he finished ninth, Colapinto said that he could “fight a little higher up.” Despite the mistake, the Argentine concluded: “The overall evaluation is good“.
Franco Colapinto’s great performance
The 21-year-old Argentinian driver recorded his fastest lap since his recent arrival in F1. In his third practice session, Colapinto achieved a substantial improvement compared to Friday and he posted a time of 1:20.905.
In this way, the Williams driver closed his training period. In his debut in the highest category of motorsport, Colapinto is preparing and He arrives with good feelings for qualifyingwhich will begin at 11th this Saturday.
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Photo: Williams
The Williams team finished behind the two Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton with 1:20.117 was the fastest of the session), of the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc (3rd) and Carlos Sainz (7th), of the McLaren and of the Red Bull of Max Verstappen.
The preparation was more than positive for the Argentine who made no mistakes and was able to continue gaining experience aboard the FW46, prior to their first big exam. Next Sunday, from 10 a.m., Colapinto will make his points debut at the Monza circuit in Italy. for the 16th date of the automobile tournament.
How to watch Colapinto’s F1 debut
After the third free practice, the following will take place: the qualifying for the Italian GP which will be at 11. Then, on Sunday at 10 in the morning, the Argentine will face his first official race in the F1.
Like all motorsport competitions, the Italian GP will be able to be seen in Argentina through the Disney + streaming platform, although it will possibly also be broadcast on Fox SportsOn the other hand, there is the option of F1 TV, the official streaming platform of the competition.
This will be the first of 9 races that the Argentine will have in the remainder of the seasonThe competition schedule continues as follows:
- Italy | Monza: 1 September
- Azerbaijan | Baku: 15 September
- Singapore | Singapore: September 22
- United States | Austin – Circuit of the Americas: October 20
- Mexico | Mexico City – Hermanos Rodriguez Racetrack: October 27:
- Brazil | Interlagos: November 3:
- Las Vegas | Las Vegas: November 24:
- Qatar | Losail: 1 December
- Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi: 8 December
Source: Ambito
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