The young Argentine driver moved up to the top category of motorsport and drove a Formula 1 car for the first time, in a Williams car. He finished less than two seconds behind the leader.
The Argentine pilot Franco Colapinto He made his debut in a single-seater in the Formula 1 in the first free practice of the British Grand Prix in which he raced for the team Williams and finished in 18th place (+1,658 behind the leader) Lando Norris).
The native of Pillar The 21-year-old did not start the race in good shape, but, lap after lap, he managed to improve, marking unexpected times for a rookie in the category. Colapinto He made no mistakes and was very close to his teammate. Alex Albon (just 4 tenths) and the best lap of the Argentine pilot was in a time of 1:29.078.
A few days ago, the team leader, James Vowlesspoke of the young pilot: “The advice I gave him was to enjoy it”. He also added: “This is the first time he can do it in front of 70 million people.”
“I told him we’re not looking specifically at what speed he’s doing a high-speed corner, but rather how he effectively builds into it, what his low speed is like, what his braking is like and how his traction is focused on the basics.”he explained Vowles.
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Colapinto arrived after achieving second place in the Austrian Grand Prix in the Formula 2being surpassed only by the Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto. In the drivers’ table, the Argentine is in fifth position with 75 points and, on behalf of his team, MP Motorsportis positioned third in the table.
To his podium in the Barcelona GPis added Austria and his victory in Imola. He also managed to score points in three other participations: Sakhir, Melbourne and Monaco. In JeddahThe Buenos Aires-born rider abandoned the competition after a spin that left him off the track and unable to recover.
Colapinto has a chance of becoming the first Argentine representative in Formula 1 after 23 years, since the last one had been Gaston Mazzacane between 2000 and 2001.
F1: British GP schedule and timetable
Friday, July 5th
12.00 – Free Practice 2
Saturday July 6th
06.30 – Free Practice 3
10.00 – Classification
Sunday, July 7th
11.00 – Race .
How is Franco Colapinto’s schedule going?
Friday, July 5th
· 11.00 – Qualifying (F2)
Saturday July 6th
· 09.15 – Sprint Race (F2)
Sunday, July 7th
· 06.00 – Race (F2)
Source: Ambito
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