A few weeks after his arrival in Formula 1, the Argentine Franco Colapinto He has already attracted the attention of the entire sports world thanks to his excellent performances in his first two Grand Prix. This Monday, his father, Aníbal Colapinto revealed that the pilot was in contact with Lionel Messi and assured that “they owe each other a barbecue.”
“They have not met Leo Messi in person, but they have already spoken and they owe each other lunch, perhaps when the football races come USA (Austin on 10/20 and Las Vegas on 10/23) yes, they can meet and have that lunch,” the driver’s father said during an interview with Pop Radio.
Although Colapinto made his big leap to stardom in recent weeks, he had been in contact with the captain of the “Scaloneta” for some time. After his victory in Formula 2 at Imola, the driver received a training shirt autographed by the Rosario player as a gift. “Thank you for this shirt. As you can see, It brought me a lot of luck today and it has the signature of the best in the world.the jersey of the world champion. Here we have the helmet with the number ten on the helmet of Biza (Bizarrap) and I want to send one to Leo. “I’m going to frame this shirt right now. I’m super proud and I’m so lucky. Thanks Leo, we’ll send you a helmet with Biza on it at any time,” he said on his social networks after that victory on May 18.
Franco Colapinto’s arrival in Formula 1
As for the takeoff of the career of Colapinto, His father said: “Franco’s dream was this and that dream came true.” He also stressed that “Not everyone can reach Formula 1 at the age of 21” and emphasized that “for South Americans It’s more difficult”.
“Franco is extremely grateful for the support of Argentine fans,” he said about the economic difficulties faced by drivers from this region in order to reach the big circus.
The Argentine emigrated to Europe at the age of 14 to be able to pursue his sporting dream and, according to his father, this allowed him to have rapid growth on a personal level. “Franco and I always talked, I have a very good relationship with my three children. They are 21 but they look like they are 30. He was always surrounded by people bigger than him. Franco is very charismatic, he has no filter, I sometimes tell him ‘Franco, there are things you can’t say now’; if they get away from him, we have to slow him down a bit.”
Regarding his future, Aníbal said that, just like throughout his life, he has “blind faith in Franco.” “He has his goal that is now a reality, today he is dazzling the world. Sometimes I tell him ‘you are faster under the car than on top’. What he has done so far is crazy. The people at Williams are in our hearts, Franco’s race at Monza was wonderful and what he did in the second race was crazy, no one could have imagined it.”
Franco Colapinto is excited about his future: he could continue in F1 in 2025
Following Colapinto’s first two races in the top category of motorsport, Williams team boss James Volwes praised the Argentine’s level and confirmed that they will look to keep him in F1 next season.
“In two races has shown the world that he deserves a seat in F1. I have always firmly believed that good drivers should be allowed to race. So we’ll see if we can find a way to work with Audi in that circumstance. That’s what I was hinting at for next year,” the British team boss added.
In his F1 debut in the Italian city of Monza, Colapinto started eighteenth but, in his second race this weekend in the Azerbaijani city of Baku, he managed to finish ninth, becoming the Argentine who broke the 42-year streak without points for an albiceleste in Formula 1.
Source: Ambito
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